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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 1916
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table No. 1. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1916 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each year. 2 | Births. | Total Death-. Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. 3 | Nett. | Number, 6 | Rate. 7 | of Non. residents registered in the District 8 | of Residents not registered in the District. 9 | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. 4 | Rate. 5 | Number. 10 | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. 11 | Number. 12 | Rate. 13 | |||||||
| 1910 | 119,642 | 2,906 | 2,959 | 24.7 | 1,232 | 10.1 | 116 | 555 | 366 | 123 | 1,671 | 13.9 |
| 1911 | 109,475 | 2,921 | 3,001 | 27.4 | 1,304 | 11.9 | 161 | 585 | 428 | 143 | 1,728 | 15.8 |
| 1912 | 109,377 | 2,807 | 2,896 | 26.5 | 1,045 | 9.6 | 182 | 579 | 258 | 89 | 1,442 | 13.2 |
| 1913 | 109,280 | 3,041 | 3,106 | 28.0 | 1,283 | 11.6 | 181 | 625 | 350 | 113 | 1,727 | 15.5 |
| 1914 | 109,182 | 3,071 | 3,121 | 28.6 | 1,145 | 10.5 | 163 | 616 | 309 | 99 | 1,598 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 110,299 | 2,891 | 2,955 | 26.8 | 1,406 | 12.7 | 144 | 700 | 391 | 132 | 1,962 | 17.8 |
| 1916 | 110,299 | 2,838 | 2,918 | 26.5 | 1,126 | 10.2 | 135 | 675 | 258 | 88 | 1,666 | 15.1 |
| Area of District in acres (land and inland water). | 1563 | Total population at all ages 109,496. Total families or separate occupiers, 25,040. | At census 1911. | |||||||||