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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 1910

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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Table: The following table gives the number of deaths which occurred in each Ward, and the death-rates for each Ward. (See also table 6.)

The following table gives the number of deaths which occurred in each Ward, and the death-rates for each Ward. (See also table 6.)

Ward.Deaths.Death Rate per 1,000.
Males.Females.Total.
East Ward25723849522.0
NorthWard18917236114.4
North West Ward15814730512.6
South Ward577513210.6
South East Ward1039219516.0
South West Ward968718312.6

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(These rates are calculated on the census population of 1901.)
Deaths of residents occurring in outlying public institutions are
allocated to their respective Wards according to the addresses of the
deceased as received from the Registrar-General's Department.
Table No. 19 gives a list of the institutions in which the deaths
occurred.

Table: Table showing the death-rates for Deptford, London and England and Wales since 1900 :— DEATH RATES.

Table showing the death-rates for Deptford, London and England and Wales since 1900 :— DEATH RATES.

Year.Deptford.London.England and Wales.
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
190714.014.615.0
190813.913.814.7
190913.514.014.5
Average for past 10 years.15115.815.7
191013.912.713.4

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MORTALITY AT GROUP OF AGES.
The 1671 deaths recorded during the year included 583 children
under five years of age. There were 366 deaths' under one year, 217
one to five, 53 five to fifteen, 46 between fifteen and twenty-five, 543
between the ages of twenty-five and sixty-five and 446 of persons
upwards of sixty-five.