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Greenwich 1956

[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 15.07
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 15.03
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 15.87
Others
Puerperal Causes (per thousand total births) Nil
Tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 population 0.14
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary per 1,000 population 0.13
Cancer per 1,000 population 2.11
Common Infectious Diseases per 1,000 population Nil
Influenza per 1,000 population 0.03
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 1956. The total of 723 gives a
marriage rate of 16.34 an increase of 0.33 over that of the
previous year.

Table: The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1946 :—

The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1946 :—

Churches of EnglandChapels and Roman Catholic ChurchesSuperintendentRe^iatrar's OfficeTotalApproximate Population
YearGreenwichCharlton and KidbrookeSt. Nicholas
194625819618623577676,840
1947192160139331877682,230
1948202152810434581184,410
1949184129109027268587,680
1950206‡12167424565289,570
195121013336026467089,390
1952191144410227972090,880
1953221136411330577990,440
195420015558632577190,600
1955197116510629071489,490
1956194169613322172388,780

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