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Greenwich 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

TotalM.F.
*BirthsLegitimate1,645787858*Birth Rate16·7
Illegitimate673829
*Deaths1,159603556*Death Rate11·3
*Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth
From Sepsis2
,, other causes6
*Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births: —
Legitimate,53 ;Illegitimate,119.Total Rate= 56.
*Deaths from Measles (all ages)26
„ ,, Whooping Cough (all ages)8
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)12

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*These figures, which are supplied by the Registrar-General, differ slightly
from those shown in other parts of the Report.
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.

Table: The following table shows these particulars, giving the number of marriages in Greenwich and St. Nicholas, etc., for each year since 1914:—

The following table shows these particulars, giving the number of marriages in Greenwich and St. Nicholas, etc., for each year since 1914:—

YearIn Churches of England in GreenwichCharlton & KidbrookeSt. Nicholas Parish ChurchMarriages 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 & GreenwichTotalApproximate Population of the districts concerned
In Churches of EnglandIn Non-Conformist Churches
1914279135—7224372996037
1915472188—95406116196385
1916381145—7432492494452
1917343128—67653119190446
1918353165—5521481789939
1919419197—763261018102591
1920384105—64322875104453
1921344124—57249774100493
1922364112—45275796101930
1923336132—51222741102460
19242991271055200691102990
1925265132548224674103520
1926382951148260796104500
192738891645233763103700
192835684352243738103900