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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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SECTION II
VITAL STATISTICS
SUMMARY*
Population (mid-year 1966)
Total Home Population 231,590
Child Population (under 15 years) 49,300
Elderly Population (over 65 years) 29,440
Density (persons per acre) 19.75
Area Comparability Factors: Births—1.04; Deaths—1.07
Marriages
Total 1,927
Greenwich District 665
Woolwich District 1,262
Marriage Rate (persons marrying) 16.69
Births
Live Total: 3,715
M
F
Total
Legitimate
1.769
1,626
3.395
Rate (Crude): 16.10
Illegitimate
159
161
320
(Comparable
Rate): 16.74
1,928
1,787
3,715
Illegitimate Live Births =8.6% of all live births
Stillbirths Total: 59
M
F
Total
Legitimate
25
27
52
Illegitimate
3
4
7
Rate (per
1,000 total
births): 15.63
28
31
59
Total of all Live and Stillbirths 3,774
Deaths Total: 2,560
Males 1,332
Rate (Crude): 11.09
Females 1,228
(Comparable Rate):! 1.87
Natural Increase (excess of births over deaths) 1,155