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Greenwich 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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21
BIRTHS
The total number of live births registered in the Borough
during the year was 1,558 and of this number 1,205 occurred in
St. Alfege's Hospital, and 350 in private dwellings. In 787 cases the
parents resided outside the Borough and these births were consequently
transferred to their appropriate districts, leaving a figure of
771. To this must be added 483 births belonging to the Borough
which took place in Institutions outside the Borough, thus making
a final figure for Greenwich of 1,254, a decrease of 74 from that of
the previous year. Of this total 613 were males and 641 females.
The following table gives by districts the number of registrations of Greenwich Births during the current year:—
| Source of Information | DISTRICT | Total Greenwich Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | West | St. Nicholas | Charlton & Kidbrooke | ||
| Greenwich Registrar's Returns: — | 281 | 185 | 58 | 247 | 771 |
| Inward Transfers: — 1st Qtr. | 35 | 12 | 3 | 74 | 124 |
| 2nd Qtr. | 32 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 110 |
| 3rd Qtr. | 37 | 18 | 1 | 73 | 129 |
| 4th Qtr. | 33 | 20 | 2 | 65 | 120 |
| Totals | 418 | 241 | 67 | 528 | 1,254 |
| The following table gives by districts the number of registrations of Greenwich Births during the current year:— | |||||
| Source of Information | DISTRICT | Total Greenwich Births | |||
| East | West | St. Nicholas | Charlton & Kidbrooke | ||
| Greenwich Registrar's Returns: — | 281 | 185 | 58 | 247 | 771 |
| Inward Transfers: — 1st Qtr. | 35 | 12 | 3 | 74 | 124 |
| 2nd Qtr. | 32 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 110 |
| 3rd Qtr. | 37 | 18 | 1 | 73 | 129 |
| 4th Qtr. | 33 | 20 | 2 | 65 | 120 |
| 418 | 241 | 67 | 528 | 1,254 | |
The Birth Rate for the year, calculated on the figure of 1,254
births, is 14.25 per thousand of the population, 0.72 lower than
that for 1959. The average rate for the previous ten years is 15.02.
The Greenwich Comparability Factor for births is 0.94 which gives
an adjusted rate of 13.39.
The Rates for the County of London and England and Wales
are 17.8 and 17.1 respectively.
Illegitimate Births numbered 66 (representing 5.3 per cent. of
the total live births) an identical figure to that returned for the
previous year.
The number of Still Births registered was 14 (10 males - 4
females), which is equivalent to a rate of 11.04 per 1,000 total
births, a reduction of 5.25 from that of 1959.