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 – Special Causes
No. | Rate | |
---|---|---|
Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) | 1 | 0.73 |
Tuberculosis (all forms)(per 1,000 population) | 7 | 0.07 |
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary (per 1,000 population) | 5 | 0.05 |
Cancer (per 1,000 population) | 179 | 2.01 |
Heart (per 1,000 population) | 310 | 3.48 |
Common Infectious Diseases (per 1,000 population) | 1 | 0.01 |
Influenza (per 1,000 population) | 2 | 0.02 |
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 1958.
The total of 673 gives a marriage rate of 15.14, a decrease
of 0.25 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 | Superintendent-Registrar'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 |
1940 | 451 | 243 | 33 | 126 | 345 | 1,198 | 74,280 |
1941 | 277 | 174 | 7* | 91 | 241 | 790 | 57,070 |
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 |
1955 | 197 | 116 | 5 | 106 | 290 | 714 | 89,490 |
1956 | 194 | 169 | 6 | 133 | 221 | 723 | 88,780 |
1957 | 177 | 159 | 2 | 118 | 226 | 682 | 88,910 |
1958 | 189 | 142 | 10 | 93 | 239 | 673 | 89,180 |
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