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Deptford 1909
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered during the year was 698,
as compared with 606 during the previous year.
There were 513 in Churches of England, and
185 in other places of worship, and in the Registrar's
Office.
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The following table shows the number of marriages, and the rate per 1000 in the Borough of Deptford and London during the past ten years:—
| YEAR. | DEPTFORD. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Marriages. | Marriage Rate per 1,000. | |||
| 1899 | 735 | 6.5 | ||
| 1900 | 666 | 5.9 | ||
| 1901 | 746 | 6.7 | ||
| 1902 | 713 | 6.3 | ||
| 1903 | 629 | 5.5 | ||
| 1904 | 704 | 6.1 | ||
| 1905 | 657 | 5.4 | ||
| 1906 | 855 | 7.3 | ||
| 1907 | 742 | 6.3 | ||
| 1908 | 606 | 5.1 | ||
| 725 | 6.1 | |||
| 1909 | 698 | 5.8 | ||
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in Deptford during the year
was 1207, equal to a death rate of 10.1. From this number 119
has to be deducted, being deaths of non-parishioners which occurred
in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's South Eastern Hospital, and
523 deaths of parishioners, which occurred in public institutions
outside the Borough added, making a total of 1611 (males 835,
females 776), and upon this number the statistics are based.
The death rate for the Borough was equal to an annual rate of
13.5 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 13.9 for 1908,
14.0 for 1907, and 16.0 for 1906, per 1000 persons living, being 2.0
per 1000 below the average for the past ten years, and the lowest
death rate ever recorded in Deptford.
The death rate for England and Wales was 14.5, for the 76 great
towns 15.6, for the 143 smaller towns 14.5, and for the County of
London as a whole 14.0.