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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

Deptford 1907

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1907

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Table:

SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS FOR 1907.
19071906
Area1,574 acres1,574 acres
PopulationCensus 1901110,398110,398
Estimated to middle of 1907116,510115,495
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1901)15,82315,823
Average number of persons per house (Census 1901)77
Density71 per acre71 per acre
Length of Public Streets52 miles52 miles
Rateable Value£641,341£636,553
Marriages742855
Marriage Rate6.37.3
Births3,3233,260
Birth Rate28.528.2
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years30.032.5
Deaths1,6411,854
Death Rate14.016.0
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years15.815.8
Infantile Mortality107 per 1,000 births144
Infantile Mortality, average for the last 10 years157 per 1,000 births160
Zymotic Death Rate1.322.75