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Greenwich 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich]
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Public Health and Housing Department,
Royal Hill, Greenwich.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich.
Gentlemen,
The Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year
1917 is again in a very much abridged form.
The Birth Rate is 19.57 per 1,000 for Greenwich and 17.5 for the
whole of the County of London. The recorded Death Rate of 15.96
per 1,000 of the estimated population being slightly higher than 15.0
per 1,000, the Death Rate for the County of London and 14.6 per
1,000, the figure for the 96 large towns.
The Infantile Mortality Rate for the Borough, measured by the
number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered, is 105, an
increase from 83, the figure for last year; the figure for all London
is 103, compared with 89 in 1916, and the Borough average during the
last five years, 1912-16 inclusive, is 94.
The Zymotic Death Rate of 1.42 is 0.17 per 1,000 below the
corresponding figure for last year.
The figures relating to the different constituent parts of the Borough are as follows : —
| Districts. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Percentage of deaths under one year of acre. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Diarrhoea Death Rate. | Con-□ motion Death Rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 17.44 | 14.05 | 15.08 | 109.00 | 1.31 | 0.36 | 1.61 |
| West Greenwich | 20.89 | 19.55 | 12.61 | 106.00 | 1.21 | 0.28 | 3.16 |
| St. Nicholas | 26.42 | 26.07 | 13.26 | 114.42 | 3 80 | 0.87 . | 3.07 |
| Charlton | 27.38 | 13.50 | 11.06 | 97.22 | 1.18 | 0.56 | 1.30 |
| Kidbrooke | 7.02 | 6.71 | — | — | — . | — | .74 |
| Whole Borough | 19.36 | 15.96 | 14.06 | 105.38 | 1.42 | 0.42 | 2.01 |
Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts : —
| Districts. | Small.pox. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Erysipelas. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | .00 | 4.23 | 1.24 | 0.32 | 0.09 | — |
| West Greenwich | .00 | 2.37 | 3.91 | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.04 |
| St. Nicholas | .00 | 4.98 | 2.87 | 2.49 | 0.43 | 0.29 |
| Charlton | .00 | 3.11 | 0.49 | 0.12 | 0.06 | — |
| Kidbrooke | .00 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 0.75 | — | — |
| Whole Borough | .00 | 3.57 | 1.71 | 0.51 | 014 | 0.03 |
In conclusion, I have again to thank the Public Health Committee
and Council for the kindness and consideration with which they have
regarded my endeavours to carry out the duties of Medical Officer of
Health and Tuberculosis Officer, and I have also to express my
appreciation of the manner in which the members of the Staff have
performed their duties throughout the past year.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours respectfully,
G. H. DART.