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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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The following table shows the infantile mortality in the various
wards:—

Table: DEPTFORD.

DEPTFORD.

Ward.Births Registered.Deaths under 1 year of age.Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births.
East Ward703137195
North Ward72092128
North-West Ward68679115
South Ward19120105
South-East Ward28635122
South-West Ward3692876

Table: TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1915.

TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1915.

BIRTHS2955
DEATHS—including 700 in Outlying Public Institutions1962
Excess of Births over Deaths993

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I submit a list of the principal causes of the 309 infantile deaths in
the Borough during 1915, viz.:—
Whooping Cough 23
Measles 10
Tuberculosis 16
Meningitis 6
Convulsions 18
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 88
Diarrhceal Diseases 29
Enteritis and Diseases of Digestive System 44
Gastritis 7
Syphilis 2
Suffocation in bed with parents 4
Congenital Malformation, Atelectasis, and
Injury at Birth 22
Debility and Marasmus 54
Premature Birth 49
Other causes 19
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