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Deptford 1910

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Of the 1671 deaths recorded during the year, 366 were of infants
under one year of age. During the past ten years the rate has fallen
from 159 to 103 per 1,000 births registered, a decrease of 56 per
1,000; for the year under review the rate was 123,
which is 10 per 1,000 less than the average for the past ten years.

Table: The following table shows the Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births for the past ten years :— For details of the causes of deaths of infants see Table No. 5.

The following table shows the Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births for the past ten years :— For details of the causes of deaths of infants see Table No. 5.

Year.Deptford.London.England and Wales.
1900159160154
1901150149151
1902138141133
1903136131132
1904149146145
1905124131128
1906144133132
1907107115118
1908123113121
1909103108109
Average for past 10 years133132132
1910123103106

Table: TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1910.

TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1910.

BIRTHS2959
DEATHS (including 523 in Outlying Public Institutions)1671
Excess of Births over Deaths1288

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REGISTRARS' DISTRICTS.
Owing to the death of Dr. Dixon, the Registrar for "Deptford
Central," the Registrar - General, after a conference with the
Greenwich Board of Guardians, rearranged the Registrars' districts,
making them coterminous with one or more of the wards of the
borough.
In consequence of the alteration, the statistics of the borough
will, in future, be based entirely on the population of the wards,