The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927.

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1928
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Credit: The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1927. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 The figures relating to the different constituent parts of the Borough are as follows:— Districts Birth Rate Death Rate Infantile Mor tality per 1000 Births. Zymotic Death Rate Diarrhoea and Enteritis Death Rate (under 2 yrs.) Consumption Death Rate East Greenwich 15·69 10·59 59 ·49 ·13 ·70 West Greenwich 15·76 11·48 49 ·40 ·07 1·14 St. Nicholas, Deptford 24·44 11·11 63 ·38 — ·38 Charlton 16·00 10·66 45 — — ·52 Kidbrooke 9·73 9·16 — — — — Whole Borough 16·27 10·83 53 ·36 ·07 ·75 Attack Rates of the various notifiable diseases per 1,000 living in the several districts are as follows:— Districts Small-pox Diphtheria Scarlet Fever Erysipelas Typhoid Fever Measles East Greenwich 0· 00 3·82 4·26 ·42 ·06 2·31 West Greenwich 0·00 5·15 5·36 ·44 ·03 ·37 St. Nicholas, Deptford 0·00 5·24 3·59 1·79 — ·14 Charlton 0·00 3·93 4·76 ·62 ·14 5·47 Kidbrooke 0·00 3·64 6·08 1·80 ·30 ·60 Whole Borough 0·00 4·30 4·66 ·61 ·07 2·24 In conclusion, it is my privilege again to express my apprecia tion of the kindness and consideration which has always been shown to me by the members of the Public Health, and Maternity and Child Welfare Committees, and the whole of the members of the Council. I gladly acknowledge also the valuable support I have at all times received from every member of my capable and enthusiastic Staff, and particularly the voluntary workers of the various Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, E. G. A.nnis.