Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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DEATH RATES
Infants under 1 year of age | |
---|---|
All infants per 1,000 live births | 21.46 |
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.72 |
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 16.12 |
Puerperal Causes (per thousand total births) | 2.88 |
Tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 population | 0.39 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary per 1,000 population | 0.34 |
Cancer per 1,000 population | 2.22 |
Common Infectious Diseases per 1,000 population | 0.03 |
Influenza per 1,000 population | 0.21 |
MARRIAGES.
Mr. F. H. Searle, the Superintendent Registrar of the Greenwich
Registration District, has kindly furnished me with particulars
relating to the number of marriages solemnised or registered in the
Borough of Greenwich.
The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938:—
Year | Churches of England | Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches | Superintendent-Registrar's Office | Total | Approximate Population | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greenwich | Charlton and Kidbrooke | St. Nicholas | |||||
1938 | 309 | 185 | 31 | 101 | 268 | 894 | 95,770 |
1939 | 395 | 218 | 31 | 128 | 397 | 1.169 | 94,790 |
1940 | 451 | 243 | 33 | 126 | 345 | 1,198 | 74,280 |
1941 | 277 | 174 | 't | 91 | 241 | 790 | 57,070 |
1942 | 257 | 192 | 3 | 79 | 198 | 729 | 60,530 |
1943 | 209 | 166 | 2 | 73 | 171 | 621 | 62,870 |
1944 | 211 | 136 | — | 74 | 171 | 692 | 61,800 |
1945 | 228 | 211 | 2 | 87 | 233 | 761 | 63,800 |
1946 | 258 | 196 | 1 | 86 | 235 | 776 | 76,840 |
1947 | 192 | 160 | 13 | 93 | 318 | 776 | 82,230 |
1948 | 202 | 152 | 8 | 104 | 345 | 811 | 84,410 |
1949 | 184 | 129 | 10 | 90 | 272 | 685 | 87,680 |
1950 | 206‡ | 121 | 6 | 74 | 245 | 652 | 89,570 |
1951 | 210 | 133 | 3 | 60 | 264 | 670 | 89,390 |
†Parish Church destroyed by enemy action.
‡St. Peter's, Creek Road
Holy Trinity, Blackheath Hill
Closed.