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B
REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1903.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on
the vital statistics and sanitary work for the Registration
Year 1903, 53 weeks ending-January 2nd, 1904.
POPULATION.
According to the Registrar-General's returns, the population
for the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford is estimated at
112,455, at the middle of the year 1903.
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered during the year 1903, was
3,465 (1,759 males and 1,706 females), equivalent to an annual
rate of 30.8 per 1,000 of the population.
The Birth-rate for England and Wales was 28.4, for the 76
great towns 29.7, and that for the County of London 28.5.