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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 1926
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1926
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MARRIAGES.
The Superintendent-Registrar of the Greenwich Registration
District has kindly furnished me with the particulars relating to
the number of marriages solemnised in the Parishes of Greenwich
and St. Nicholas. The Superintendent-Registrar for the Woolwich
Registration District has also kindly supplied the particulars for
the parish of Charlton and Kidbrooke, with the exception, in
these latter particulars, that the marriages performed in the
Woolwich Superintendent-Registrar's Office of residents in that
Parish are not included.
It will be noticed there is an appreciable increase in the
number solemnised during the year under review.
The following table shows these particulars, giving the number of marriages in Greenwich and St. Nicholas, etc., for each year since 1913:—
| Year | In Churches of England in Greenwich | Charlton & 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 Church in St. Nicholas & Greenwich | Total | Approximate Population of the districts concerned | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Churches of England | In Non-Conformist Churches | ||||||
| 1913 | 295 | 120 | — | 51 | 259 | 725 | 96015 |
| 1914 | 279 | 135 | — | 72 | 243 | 729 | 96037 |
| 1915 | 472 | 188 | — | 95 | 406 | 1161 | 96385 |
| 1916 | 381 | 145 | — | 74 | 324 | 924 | 94452 |
| 1917 | 343 | 128 | — | 67 | 653 | 1191 | 90440 |
| 1918 | 353 | 165 | — | 55 | 214 | 817 | 89939 |
| 1919 | 419 | 197 | — | 76 | 326 | 1018 | 102591 |
| 1920 | 384 | 105 | — | 64 | 322 | 875 | 104453 |
| 1921 | 344 | 124 | — | 57 | 249 | 774 | 100493 |
| 1922 | 361 | 112 | — | 45 | 275 | 796 | 101930 |
| 1923 | 336 | 132 | — | 51 | 222 | 741 | 102460 |
| 1924 | 299 | 127 | 10 | 55 | 200 | 691 | 102990 |
| 1925 | 265 | 132 | 5 | 48 | 224 | 674 | 103520 |
| 1926 | 382 | 95 | 11 | 48 | 260 | 796 | 104050 |
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough during
the year was 2,027. Of this number 309 occurred in Greenwich
and Deptford Hospital and 373 at various Nursing Homes within
the Borough. Of this total of 682 Institution births, 362 only
belonged to Greenwich, the remainder being transferred to the
appropriate localities.