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Greenwich 1929

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

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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 vear since 1914:—

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

YearIn Churches of Eng-land in GreenwichIn Churches of Eng landIn Non-Conformist ChurchesSt. 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
1914279135—7224372996037
1915472188—95406116196385
1910381145—7432492494452
1917343128—67653119190440
1918353165—5521481789939
1919419197—763261018102591
1920384105—64322875104453
1921344124—57249774100493
1922304112—45275796101930
1923336132—51222741102460
19242991271055200691102990
1925265132548224674103520
1926382951148260796104500
192738891645233763103700
192835681352243738103900
1929362127544263801104430

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BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough during
the year was 2,042. Of this number 472 occurred in Greenwich
and Deptford Hospital and 531 at various Nursing Homes within
the Borough. Of this total of 1,002 Institution births, 482 only
belonged to Greenwich, the remainder being transferred to th|e
appropriate localities.
One hundred and twenty-five births belonging to the Borough
took place in Institutions outside the Borough area, thus the actual
figure for Greenwich becomes 1,646:— Males, 855; Females, 791.
This figure gives a Birth Rate of 15.81 per 1,000 of the
population, and is the lowest rate ever recorded. The previous
year's Birth Rate was 16.42 and the average for the last ten
years 19.70.