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 28.82
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 29.81
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 13.33
Others
Puerperal Causes (per thousand total births) 0.01
Tuberculosis (all forms) per 1,000 population 0.09
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary per 1,000 population 0.08
Cancer per 1,000 population 2.11
Common Infectious Diseases per 1,000 population 0.03
Influenza per 1,000 population 0.09
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 1957. The total of 682 gives a
marriage rate of 15.39, a decrease of 0.95 from that of the previous
year.
The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1946 :—
Year | Churches of England | Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches | Superintendent-Registrar's Office | Total | Approximate Population | ||
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Greenwich | Charlton and Kidbrooke | St. Nicholas | |||||
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 |
1955 | 197 | 116 | 5 | 106 | 290 | 714 | 89,490 |
1956 | 194 | 169 | 6 | 133 | 221 | 723 | 88,780 |
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‡ St. Peter's Creek Road Holy Trinity, Blackheath Hill | Closed. |