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Greenwich 1923
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1923
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SECTION 2.
VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1923.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough estimated to the middle of the
year 1923 is 102,460, being an increase of 530 over that of last year,
and it is upon this figure that the statistics generally in this Report
are based. (The Registrar-General's estimate is 102,777).
The distribution of the population throughout the Borough is as follows:—
| Census, 1921. (Adjusted.) | Estimated Population at middle of year 1923. | |
|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 44,647 | 45,098 |
| West Greenwich | 26,931 | 27,211 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | 7,646 | 7,734 |
| Charlton | 18,959 | 19,160 |
| Kidbrooke | 3,217 | 3,257 |
| Total | 101,400 | 102,460 |
| Total. | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Births | Legitimate | 2,055 | 1,053 | 1,002 | *Birth Rate | 20.8 |
| Illegitimate | 64 | 33 | 31 « | |||
| *Deaths | 1,119 | 612 | 507 | *Death Rate | 10.8 | |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth From Sepsis | 1 | |||||
| ,, other causes | 4 | |||||
| *Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:— | ||||||
| Legitimate, 54; | Illegitimate, 265; | Total, 60. | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 2 | |||||
| ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 13 | |||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhaœa (under 2 years of age) | 11 | |||||
*These figures which are supplied by the Registrar-General differ slightly
from those shown in other parts of the Report.