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Greenwich 1946

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VITAL STATISTICS showing comparison of year of inception of the Borough with Year 1938, the Years of the War Period 1939-1945 and Year 1946.

	1901	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
Population	96,188	95,770	89,710*	74,280	57,070	60,530	62,870	61,800	63,800	77,480
Live Births (Total)	2,775	1.303	1,348	1,168	920	1,132	1,187	1,170	1,182	1,735
Live Births (Illegitimate)	?	50	37	34	49	49	61	62	89	92
Birth Rate per 1,000 population	28.94	13.64	14.62	15.76	16.17	18.75	18.94	18.98	18.59	22.65
Still Births	?	40	36	18	26	27	25	22	24	22
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births	?	29.7	26.0	15.2	27.4	23.3	20.6	18.4	19.9	12.5
Marriages	†553	894	1,169	1,198	790	729	621	592	761	776
Marriage Rate per 1,000 Population	5.76	9.36	12.36	16.18	13.88	12.08	9.91	9.60	11.97	10.09
Deaths	1,468	1,041	979	1,273	950	827	885	980	813	874
Death Rate per 1,000 Population	15.31	10.9	10.96	17.18	16.70	13.72	14.12	15.90	12.78	11.38
Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births	1.8	1.5	0.72	0.89	1.29	0.86	0.00	0.83	1.65	1.13
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age	362	55	69	62	24	37	50	62	51	59
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births	130	42	53	56	31	32	42	52	43	34
Death Rate of Legitimate Infants (0—1) per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births	?	41	49	54	34	29	42	51	40	35
Death Rate of Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births	?	60	188	117	—	102	32	80	78	21
Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 Population (all forms)	1.83	0.77	0.71	0.93	1.28	1.05	0.94	0.81	0.86	0.97

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†Excludes Parish of Charlton and Kidbrooke.
*Year 1939. Population for Birth Rate 94,790.