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BIRTHS.
The total number of Births in the Borough during the year
has been 2,354, but of these, 87 occurred in the Greenwich Union
Infirmary, the address of the mother being in l8 instances in
Deptford, Lewisham 29, Woolwich 4 and Bermondsey 1. Deducting
these and adding 23 which were transferred from Lambeth, City of
London, Lewisham, Deptford and Hackney, it will be seen that the
number of strictly Greenwich births for 1916 is 2325, of which
1199 were males and 1126 females.
This corrected figure gives a Birth Rate of 22.70 per 1,000 of
the population, being 2.47 below the average for the last fifteen
years, 1901 to 1915, the period since the formation of the Metropolitan
Borough.
Amongst the total number of births registered in the Borough
there were 94 in which the name of the father was not registered
and therefore not given in the return; accordingly, these births
may be presumed to be of an illegitimate character. 74 of such
births were registered in the East Greenwich District, which
includes the Infirmary of the Greenwich Union.
In 12 cases the mother was ordinarily a resident in the Borough
of Deptford, 3 in Woolwich and 21 in Lewisham, and accordingly
this number of births have been transferred to those Boroughs.
The remaining 58 were similarly allocated to the districts in
this Borough in which the mother ordinarily resided, making 23 of
such births belonging to East Greenwich, 25 to West Greenwich, 4
to St. Nicholas and 6 to Charlton.
The Birth Rate for the county of London equals 23 per 1,000
of the population. It varied from 8.1 in the City of London,
12.5 in the City of Westminster, to 27.4 in Shorediton. The
Birth Rate for England and Wales was 21.6
Under the provisions of the Notifications of Births Act, 1907,
intimations have been received from medical men, parents and
others, with respect to 2,497 births, from which it will be seen
that we have 143 intimations to be credited to births which were
registered during the latter part of 1915, or will be registered
during the early parts of 1917, as the time allowed by law for
registration purposes extends up to six weeks, whereas that under
the Notification of Births Act is to be within 36 hours.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during 1916 was 1,426,
of which 781 were males and 645 females. The crude Death Rate
for the Borough of 15.14 per 1,000 compares with 14.3, the Death
Rate for the County of London, and 14.4 the Death Rate for the
96 large towns.
In the County of London the lowest crude Death Rates amongst
the various Metropolitan Boroughs were 11.7 in Wandsworth, 11.8
Lewisham, 12.3 Woolwich; whilst the highest rates were 18.7
Shoreditch, 19.3 Finsbury.
Locally the Death Rate varied from 8.37 in Kidbrook, 12.57 in
East Greenwich, 13.66 in Charlton, 19.93 in west Greenwich to
22.44 in St. Nicholas.
The following table shows the variation in, and average of,
the Death Rates in each of the five Districts of the Borough
12.