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BIRTHS
The total number of live births registered in the Borough
during the year was 1,909 and of this number 1,528 occurred in
St. Alfege's Hospital, and 381 in private dwellings. In 1,040 cases
the parents resided outside the Borough and these births were
consequently transferred to their appropriate districts, leaving a
figure of 869. To this must be added 588 births belonging to the
Borough which took place in Institutions outside the Borough,
thus making a final figure for Greenwich of 1,457, an increase of
65 over that of the previous year. Of this total 734 were males
and 723 females.

The Birth Rate for the year, calculated on the figure of 1,457
births, is 17.48 per thousand of the population, 0.81 higher than
that for 1963. The average rate for the previous ten years is 15.08.
The Greenwich Comparability Factor for births is 0.96 which gives
an adjusted rate of 16.78.
The Rates for the County of London and England and Wales
are 20.0 and 18.4 respectively.
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS
These numbered 126 (representing 8.6 per cent of the total
live births), an increase of 5 over the figure returned for 1963.
This total gives an illegitimacy rate of 86 per 1,000 live births
compared with a figure of 72 for England and Wales.
STILL BIRTHS
The number registered was 29 (10 males - 19 females), which
is equivalent to a rate of 19.51 per 1,000 total births, an increase
of 7.45 over that of the previous year. London returned a rate of
14.9 and that for England and Wales was 16.4.