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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 1915

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: The subjoined table gives the number of births for each Ward, together with the birth-rate :—

The subjoined table gives the number of births for each Ward, together with the birth-rate :—

Ward.Births.Birth Rate per 1,000.
Males.Females.Total.
East Ward34036370332.9
North Ward37734372029.9
North-West Ward33335368629.0
South Ward1038819115.6
South-East Ward14614028623.0
South-West Ward18018936922.2

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In the following table will be seen the number of births, deaths,
and deaths of children under one year of age, which have occurred
during the past ten years, with the respective rates:—

Table:

Year.Estimnted population.Births.Deaths.Deaths under one year.
No.Rate per 1000.No.Rate per 1000.No.Mortality per 1000 births.
1905114,512329028.7164214.3411124
1906115,495326028.2185416.0472144
1907116,510332328.5164114.0356107
1908117,539308426.2164313.9381123
1909118,583309326.8161113.5321103
1910119,642295924.7167113.9366123
1911109,475300127.4172815.8428143
1912109,377289626.5144213.225889
1913109,280310628.0172715.5350113
1914109,182312128.6159814.630999
Average for 10 years113,959311327.4165614.5365117
1915110,299295526.8196217.8391132

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Illegitimate Births.
The illegitimate births, which number 84, eight more than the
previous year, occurred in the several Wards, as follows:—
East Ward 20 South Ward 6
NorthWard 11 South-East Ward 9
North-West Ward 24 South-West Ward 14
84