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Deptford 1908
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Of the 1,643 deaths registered during the year, 381 were infants
under one year of age. This number was equal to a rate of mortality
of 123 per 1,000 registered births, which is 26 per 1,000 below the
average rate for the last 10 years.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
| Year. | Deptford. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 192 | 167 | 160 |
| 1899 | 196 | 167 | 163 |
| 1900 | 159 | 160 | 154 |
| 1901 | 150 | 149 | 151 |
| 1902 | 138 | 141 | 133 |
| 1903 | 136 | 131 | 132 |
| 1904 | 149 | 146 | 145 |
| 1905 | 124 | 131 | 128 |
| 1906 | 144 | 133 | 132 |
| 1907 | 107 | 115 | 118 |
| Average for past 10 years | 149 | 144 | 141 |
| 1908 | 123 | 113 | 121 |
TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1908.
| BIRTHS | 3084 |
| DEATHS (including 548 in Outlying Public Institutions) | 1643 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths | 1441 |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The following diseases are classified by the Registrar-General
under this heading:—Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, “Fever” (Typhus, Enteric and Continued),
Diarrhoea, Plague. The zymotic diseases caused 164 deaths as
compared with 154, 318 and 233 for the three preceding years.
The death-rate from zymotic diseases was 1’37, and for the
three preceding years, 1.33, 1.24, 2.75, the average for the last nine
years being 2.05.
The zymotic death-rate in England and Wales was 1.29 in the
76 great towns 1.59, and in the County of London 1.35.