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Greenwich 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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DEATH RATES
Infanta under 1 year of age
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.17
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 19.47
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 57.97
Others
Puerperal Causes (per thousand total births) Nil
Tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 population 0.16
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary per 1,000 population 0.16
Cancer per 1,000 population 1.83
Common Infectious Diseases per 1,000 population 0.01
Influenza per 1,000 population Nil
MARRIAGES.
Mr. J. Abercrombie, the Superintendent Registrar of the Green—
wich Registration District, has kindly furnished me with particulars
relating to the number of marriages solemnised or registered in the
Borough of Greenwich during 1954. The total of 771 gives a
marriage rate of 17.07 a decrease of 0.13 from that of the previous
vear.

Table: The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938 :—

The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938 :—

YearChurches of EnglandChapels and Roman Catholic ChurchesSuperintendent-Registrar's OfficeTotalApproximate Population
GreenwichCharlton and KidbrookeSt. Nicholas j
19383091853110126889495,770
1939395218311283971.16994,790
1940451243331263451,19874,280
1941277174n9124179057,070
194225719237919872960,530
194320916627317162162,870
1944211136—7417159261,800
194522821128723376163,800
194625819618623577676,840
1947192160139331877682,230
1948202152810434581184,410
194918412910 .9027268587,680
1950206+1216 .7424565289,570
19512101333 .6026467089,390
1952191144410227972090,880
1953221136411330577990,440
1954200. 155 ...5 .8632577190,600

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♦Parish Church destroyed by enemy action.
tSt. Peter's, Creek Road
Holy Trinity, Blackheath Hill closed