London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Deptford 1915

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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The distribution of visits in the different wards was as follows:—

E.N.N.W.S.S.E.S.W.Total.
Miss O'RiordanVisits31538451863793531919
Revisits41638221934322231837
Total731616673798115763756
Miss SmartVisits145615121474
Revisits1909141521991
Total34252915143465
Mrs. DaviesVisits28941321028
Revisits214192471668
Total423133792696
TotalsVisits146110629771863803554421
Revisits1975159610701984322255496
Total3436265820473848125809917

The following visits are included in the above table

1st visits2nd visitsTotal
Births296430255989
T ubercutosis51216232135
Verminous Children280693963
Ophthalmia Neonatorum114556
Infant Deaths345345
Miscellaneous309120429
442154969917

The number of births notified under the Notification of Births
Act during this period was 3014. 137 parents had to be warned in
respect of their failure to comply with the Act.

In the following table, information will be found with regard to the births notified in the different wards, together with the sex, whether born alive or dead, and by whom the birth was notified:—

Ward.Births Notified.Alive.Dead.By whom Notified.
Total.Males.FemalesParent.Doctor,MidwifeOther Person.
East70133336867823926753012
North7494053447252416625729234
Nth.-west7173503677011627222417348
South190108821873104471821
Sth-East29115213928110110639919
Sth-West36617619035511195658818
Totals3041152414902927879397231200152