[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich District].

  • Greenwich (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1857
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich District]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 2nd.—Table showing the number of births and deaths in the District, exclusive of the deaths occurring in the Hospitals and Union House:— Greenwich. St. Paul, Deptford. St. Nicholas, Deptford. Total. Births 1194 1232 300 2726 Deaths 620 608 143 1371 Excess of Births over Deaths 574 624 157 1355 From the first of the above tables it will be seen, that the excess of births over deaths in the Parish of Greenwich is only 48. This estimate includes the deaths from the Royal Hospital, the Dreadnought Hospital, and Union Workhouse. I am informed by the Registrars for Greenwich that this excess of deaths is also invariably maintained, and for the reasons just mentioned. But if (as shown in the second table) the deaths occurring in the public establishments—viz., 526, be deducted from the total number registered in the Parish, 620 will remain as actually belonging to the Town of Greenwich; thus proving the excess of births over deaths in that Parish to be 574, which is somewhat in a fair ratio as compared with most other Districts. The next fact, perhaps, worthy of remark is, the large propor tion of births in the Parish of Saint Paul, compared with the other Parishes in the District. The population of Greenwich, excluding the Hospitals and Union House, is upwards of 10,000 more than that of Saint Paul; yet the births in the Parish of Saint Paul exceed those of Green wich by 38. This large amount of births in the Parish of Saint Paul is considered by Mr. Marchant, the Registrar for that District, to arise from the number of artizans, employed by the Government and other establishments, living in the neighbourhood. Whole streets are occupied by these workmen, who are mostly young