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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1921

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1921

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Table: The following table shows these particulars, giving the number of marriages in Greenwich and St. Nicholas, etc., for each year since 1911: —

The following table shows these particulars, giving the number of marriages in Greenwich and St. Nicholas, etc., for each year since 1911: —

Year.In Churches of Eng. land in Greenwich.In Churches of England in Charlton and Kidbrooke.St. Nicholas Parish Church.Marriages in Superintendent-Registrar's Office of parties resident in Greenwich or outside the Registration District, and in Chapels and Roman Catholic Churchin St. Nicholas and Greenwich.Total.Approximate Population of the districts concerned.
19113091233423069695982
19122661025922865595992
19132951205125972596015
19142791357224372996037
191547218895406116196385
19163811457432492494452
191734312867653119190440
19183531655524481789939
1919119197763261018102591
192038410564322875104453
192134412457249774100493

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BIRTHS.
The total number of Births registered in the Borough during
the year was 2,356. Of this number 123 occurred in the Greenwich
and Deptford Hospital and 110 at various Nursing Homes within
the Borough. Of this total of 239 Institution births, 94 only
belonged to Greenwich, the remainder being transferred to the
appropriate localities.
Fifty-three births belonging to the Borough took place in Institutions
outside the Borough area, thus the actual figure for Greenwich
becomes 2,274—Males, 1,171; Females, 1,103.
This figure gives a Birth Rate of 22.70 per 1,000 of the population,
being .06 below the average for the last ten years.
The Birth Rate for the County of London equals 22.8 per
1,000 of the population. The Birth Rate for all England and
Wales was 22.4.

Table: Illegitimate births numbered 45, representing 1.9 per cent. of the total births. These were distributed as follows: —

Illegitimate births numbered 45, representing 1.9 per cent. of the total births. These were distributed as follows: —

East Greenwich19
West Greenwich17
St. Nicholas3
Charlton6
45