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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: TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1916.

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1916.

BIRTHS2918
DEATHS—including 675 in Outlying Public Institutions1666
Excess of Births over Deaths1252

Table: I submit a list of the principal causes of the 258 infantile deaths in the Borough during 1916, viz. :—

I submit a list of the principal causes of the 258 infantile deaths in the Borough during 1916, viz. :—

Whooping Cough6
Measles4
Tuberculosis6
Meningitis5
Convulsions10
Bronchitis and Pneumonia55
Diarrhoeal Diseases13
Enteritis and Diseases of Digestive System33
Syphilis2
Congenital Malformation, Atelectasis, and Injury at Birth20
Debility and Marasmus41
Premature Birth49
Other causes14
258

Table: Maternity and Child Welfare. During the year an additional (temporary) Health Visitor was appointed and among them the 4 Health Visitors paid 11,170 visits, as follows:—

Maternity and Child Welfare. During the year an additional (temporary) Health Visitor was appointed and among them the 4 Health Visitors paid 11,170 visits, as follows:—

1st visits 2nd visitsTotal
Births255946297188
Tuberculosis44513831828
Verminous Children2479861183
Ophthalmia Neonatorum315687
Infant Deaths192–192
Miscellaneous364328692
3838733211,170

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The number of births notified under the Notification of Births
Act during this period was 2964.