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Greenwich 1925
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1925.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough estimated to the middle of the
year 1925 is 103,520, and it is upon this figure that the statistics
generally in this Report are based. (The Registrar-General's estimate,
excluding non-civilians is 103,936 for Birth Rate and 102,936
for Death Rate).
It has been found necessary to make a slight adjustment in the
local figures consequent upon the movement of families from other
parts of the Borough to the Council's Housing Estate at Charlton.
This number is computed to be approximately 1,300, of which 845
came from East Greenwich, 425 from West Greenwich, and 30
from St. Nicholas, Deptford.
The following is the distribution of the population throughout the Borough:—
| Census, 1921. (Adjusted.) | Estimated Population at middle of year 1925. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 44,647 | 44,720 | ||||
| West Greenwich | 26,931 | 27,068 | ||||
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | 7,646 | 7,784 | ||||
| Charlton | 18,959 | 20,657 | ||||
| Kidbrooke | 3,217 | 3,291 | ||||
| Total | 101,400 | 103,520 | ||||
| EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. | ||||||
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
| *Births | Legitimate | 1,888 | 1,021 | 867 | *Birth Rate | 18.8 |
| Illegitimate | 56 | 27 | 291 | |||
| Deaths | 1,173 | 638 | 535 | *Death Rate | 11.2 | |
| Number of women dying in, or in conse-quence of, childbirth From Sepsis | 1 | |||||
| „ other causese | 2 | |||||
| *Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 67; | Illegitimate, | 125; | Total, 69. | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 21 | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 15 | |||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 17 | |||||
*These figures which are supplied by the Registrar General differ slightly
from those shown in other parts of the Report.