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BIRTHS
The total number of births registered in the Borough during
the year was 1,630. Of this number, 951 occurred in St. Alfege's
Hospital, 122 in various nursing homes and 557 in private dwellings.
In 706 cases the parents resided in areas outside the Borough and the
births were consequently transferred to the appropriate districts,
leaving a figure of 924. To this must be added 628 births belonging
to the Borough which took place in Institutions outside the Borough,
thus making a final figure for Greenwich of 1,552, a decrease of 113
from that of the previous year. Of this total 797 were males and
755 females.
The Birth Rate for the year, calculated on the figure of 1,552
births, is 17.76 per thousand of the population, 2.03 lower than that
for 1948. The average for the previous ten years is 18.89.
The Rates for the County of London and for England and Wales
are 18.5 and 16.7 respectively, showing relative decreases of 1.6 and
1.2 from the figures for 1948.
Illegitimate Births numbered 69, representing 4.4 per cent.
of the total live births.
The number of Still Births legistered was 24, which is equivalent
to a rate of 15.22 per 1,000 total births, a decrease of 6.48 from
that of the previous year.
DEATHS
The net number of deaths registered during 1949 was 944, of
which 523 were males and 421 females, as compared with 859 for
last year.
This gives a crude Death Rate for the Borough of 10.80 per
thousand of the population and although this is an increase of 0.59
over that of the previous year it is still 2.51 less than the average for
the last ten years viz., 13.31. The crude Death Rate figure is
slightly increased to 11.44 when the comparability factor, furnished
by the Registrar-General for adjusting Local Deaths, is taken into
account.
The Comparability Factor for Greenwich is 1.06 and this figure
may be regarded as the population handicap to be applied, which,
when multiplied by the Crude Death Rate for the year, modifies the
latter so as to make it comparable with the country as a whole or
with any other similarly adjusted area. The adjusted Death Rate is
in effect a' corrected ' Death Rate.
The Death Rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales are 12.2 and 11.7 respectively, indicating relative
increases of 0.6 and 0.9 over those of the previous year.
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.