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15
BIRTHS
The total number of live births registered in the Borough during
the year was 1,395 and of this number, 951 occurred in St. Alfege's
Hospital, 73 in various Nursing Homes and 371 in private dwellings.
In 587 cases the parents resided outside the Borough and the births
were consequently transferred to the appropriate districts, leaving
a figure of 808. To this must be added 491 births belonging to the
Borough which took place in Institutions outside the Borough, thus
making a final figure for Greenwich of 1,299 a decrease of 52 from
that of the previous year. Of this total 627 were males and 672
females.

The Birth Rate for the year, calculated on the figure of 1,299
births, is 14.34 per thousand of the population, 0.82 lower than that
for 1951. The average rate for the previous ten years is 19.09.
The Greenwich Comparability Factor for births is 0.93 which gives
an adjusted rate of 13.33.
The Rates for the County of London and England and Wales
are 17.6 and 15.3 respectively, indicating in each case a decrease of
0.2 from the figure for 1951.
Illegitimate Births numbered 63 representing 4.8 per cent. of
the total live births and showing an advance of one over those of
the previous year.
The number of Still Births registered was 23 (10 males-13
females), which is equivalent to a rate of 17.39 per 1,000 total births,
a decrease of 7.86 from that of the previous year.