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

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1934]
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    10 Public Health Offices, Borough Hall, Royal Hill, Greenwich, S.E.10. May, 1934. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich. Ladies and Gentlemen, Following the retirement of Dr. Annis after a long and dis tinguished period of service in the Borough, I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the health of the district for the year 1933. The Report being an ordinary one and not a Survey Report is little more than a summary of the work done by the Public Health Department and is based on the instructions contained in the Ministry of Health's Circular No. 1346. The Birth Rate is 13.71 per 1,000 of the population. This is slightly lower than the figure for 1932, and once again is the lowest on record for the Borough. The average for the last ten years is 17.08. The Birth Rate for the County of London is 13.1, and 14.4 for all England and Wales. The Death Rate is 11.96 per 1,000 of the estimated population. The Death Rates for the County of London and for England and Wales are 12.3. The average Death Rate for the Borough for the last ten years is 11.21 per 1,000 of the population. The Infant Mortality Rate for the Borough, measured by the number of deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered, is 66, compared with 80 last year, and 63 the average for the last ten years. The Infant Mortality Rate for the County of London is 59 and that for 118 large towns, 67. The total number of deaths arising from the class known as the Common Infectious Diseases was 43, as compared with 62 for the previous year. The Death Rate is .44 per 1,000 of the population.