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33 days without measurable rain and constituted the longest drought
on record for Greenwich.
With regard to pollution of the air by solids in suspension,
the worst instance was on the night of November 6th when the
density was occasionally equivalent to more than 9 lbs. of solid
matter in the volume of air contained in a cube with 100 yards edge.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 2,441, of which 1,389 occured in St. Alfege's Hospital,
142 in various Nursing Homes, and 910 in private dwellings.
In 1,173 cases the parents resided in areas outside the Borough
and the births were consequently transferred to the appropriate
districts.
Six hundred and sixty-seven births belonging to the Borough
took place in Institutions outside the Borough area ; thus the
actual figure for Greenwich becomes 1,935, an increase of 200 over
the previous year. 1,041 were males and 894 females.
This is equivalent to a Birth Rate of 23.61 per thousand of the
population and is a fraction higher than the rate for 1946. This is
the highest rate since the year 1920 when it was 24.67 per thousand.
The average for the previous 10 years was 17.30.
The Rates for the County of London and for England and Wales
were 22.7 and 20.5 per thousand.
Illegitimate Births numbered 74, representing 3.8 per cent
of the total live births.
The number of Still Births registered was 33, which is equivalent
to a rate of 16.7 per 1,000 total births .
DEATHS.
The net number of deaths registered during 1947 was 952, of
which 522 were males and 430 females, as compared with 874 for
last year.
This gives a crude death rate for the Borough of 11.61 per
thousand of the population, which is slightly higher than for the
previous year but considerably below the average for the last 10
years, viz., 13.44.
The Death Rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales are 12.8 and 12.0 respectively.
The inset table showing causes of deaths at all ages has been
supplied by the Registrar-General and is included in accordance with
requests contained in the Ministry of Health Circular No. 1728.