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Greenwich 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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BIRTHS
The total number of live births registered in the Borough
during the year was 1,788 and of this number 1,402 occurred in
St Alfege's Hospital, and 386 in private dwellings In 894 cases the
parents resided outside the Borough and these births were consequently
transferred to their appropriate districts, leaving a figure of
894 To this must be added 453 births belonging to the Borough
which took place in Institutions outside the Borough, thus making
a final figure for Greenwich of 1,347, an increase of 49 over that of
the previous year Of this total 679 were males and 668 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: — | 323 | 215 | 59 | 297 | 894 |
| Inward Transfers: — 1st Qtr | 38 | 14 | 4 | 76 | 132 |
| 2nd Qtr | 35 | 11 | — | 60 | 106 |
| 3rd Qtr | 38 | 12 | — | 68 | 118 |
| 4th Qtr | 24 | 12 | 1 | 60 | 97 |
| Totals | 458 | 264 | 64 | 561 | 1,347 |
The Birth Rate for the year, calculated on the figure of 1,347
births, is 1595 per thousand of the population, 067 higher than
that for 1961 The average rate for the previous ten years is 1479
The Greenwich Comparability Factor for births is 096 which gives
an adjusted rate of 1531
The Rates for the County of London and England and Wales
are 196 and 180 respectively
Illegitimate Births numbered 87 (representing 65 per cent of
the total live births) a fall of 3 from the figure returned for 1961
The number of Still Births registered was 23 (12 males-11
females), which is equivalent to a rate of 1679 per 1,000 total
births, a decrease of 580 from that of the previous year London
returned a rate of 166 and that for England and Wales was 181