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 16.01
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.18
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 33.33
Others
Puerperal Causes (per thousand total births) Nil
Tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 population 0.08
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary per 1,000 population 0.07
Cancer per 1,000 population 1.89
Common Infectious Diseases per 1,000 population 0.02
Influenza per 1,000 population 0.01
MARRIAGES.
Mr. J. Abercrombie, 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 during 1955. The total of 714 gives a
marriage rate of 16.01 a decrease of 1.06 from that of the previous
year.
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 | SuperintendentRegistrar'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 |
1040 | 451 | 243 | 33 | 126 | 345 | 1,198 | 74,280 |
1941 | 277 | 174 | 7† | 91 | 241 | 790 | 67,070 |
1942 | 257 | 192 | 3 | 79 | 198 | 729 | 60,530 |
1943 | 209 | 166 | 2 | 73 | 171 | 621 | 62,870 |
1944 | 211 | 136 | — | 74 | 171 | 592 | 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 |
1952 | 191 | 144 | 4 | 102 | 279 | 720 | 90,880 |
1953 | 221 | 136 | 4 | 113 | 305 | 779 | 90,440 |
1954 | 200 | 155 | 5 | 86 | 325 | 771 | 90,600 |
†Parish Church destroyed by enemy action. ‡ St. Peter's, Creek Road Holy Trinity, Blaekheath Hill closed. |