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Greenwich 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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12
POPULATION.
The Registrar General has estimated the population for
Greenwich at mid-year 1937 as 95,990, and it is upon these figures
that the statistics in this report have been based. It is interesting
to note that this shows an increase of 90 over the previous year
and is the first increase in population since the year 1932.
The following is the local distribution:—
| Estimated population at Mid-Year, 1937 | |
|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 39,310 |
| West Greenwich | 22,899 |
| St. Nicholas, Deptford | 6,193 |
| Charlton and Kidbrooke | 27,588 |
| 95,990 |
*EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
| Total | M. | F. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,292 | 623 | 669 | Birth Rate 13.88 |
| Illegitimate | 36 | 22 | 14 | ||
| Still-Births | 46 | 20 | 26 | Rate per 1,000 total Births 33.4 | |
| Deaths | 1,151 | 581 | 570 | Death Rate | |
| (Crude) 12.03 | |||||
| (Adjusted) 12.27 | |||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes:— | Rate per 1000 total Births | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | 0.72 | |||
| Other Puerperal Causes | — | — | |||
| Total | 1 | 0.72 | |||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 50 | ||||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 47 | ||||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate | 83 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 161 | ||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | - | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 6 | ||||
| „ ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 14 | ||||
* These figures, which are supplied by the Registrar-General, may
differ slightly from those shown in other parts of the Report.