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Deptford 1907

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1907

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Table: Table showing the death-rate in Deptford, London and England and Wales since 1897:— DEATHS.

Table showing the death-rate in Deptford, London and England and Wales since 1897:— DEATHS.

Year.Deptford.London.England and Wales.
189714.618.217.4
189815.818.817.5
189916.120.018.2
190017.519.218.2
190116.217.716.9
190216.317.716.2
190315.415.715.4
190416.016.616.2
190514.315.615.2
190616.015.115.4
Average for past 10 years.15.817.416.6
190714.014.615.0

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MORTALITY AT GROUP OF AGES.
The 1,833 deaths recorded during the year included 679 children
under five years of age. The deaths of 377 children occurred under
one year, 302 under five years, 100 between five and fifteen, 85 between
fifteen and twenty-five, 569 between the ages of twenty-five and sixtyfive,
and 400 of persons aged upwards of sixty-five.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Of the 1,641 deaths registered during the year, 356 were infants
under one year of age. This number was equal to a rate of mortality
of 107 per 1,000 registered births, which is 37 per 1,000 below the rate
of 1906, and is lower than the rate of any year on record.
Compared with the average in the ten years 1897 to 1906, the
rate of infantile mortalitv showed a decrease of 50 Per 1.000.

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Year.Deptford.London.England and Wales.
1897184159156
1898192167160
1899196167163
1900159160154
1901150149151
1902138141133
1903136131132
1904149146145
1905124131128
1906144133132
1907107115118