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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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SECTION II
VITAL STATISTICS
SUMMARY*
Population (mid-year 1967)
Total Home Population 231,150
Child Population (under 15 years) 49,900
Elderly Population (over 65 years) 30,090
Density (persons per acre) 19.75
Area Comparability Factors: Births—1.04; Deaths—1.06
Marriages
Total 2,066
Greenwich District 719
Woolwich District 1,347
Marriage Rate (persons marrying) 17.94
Births
Live Total: 3,600
M F Total
Legitimate 1,661 1,573 3,234
Illegitimate 195 171 366 Rate (Crude): 15.62
(Comparable Rate): 16.25
1,856 1,744 3,600
Illegitimate Live Births = 10.1% of all live births
Stillbirths Total: 54
M F Total
Legitimate 24 24 48 Rate (per
Illegitimate 3 3 6 1000 total
27 27 54 births): 14.77
Total of all Live and Stillbirths 3,654
Deaths Total: 2,479
Males 1,267 Rate (Crude): 10.76
Females 1,212 (Comparable Rate): 11.40
Natural Increase (excess of births over deaths) 1,121