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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 1923
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table 1.
| Year. | Estimated population. | Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1000. | ||
| 1913 | 109,280 | 3106 | 28·0 |
| 1914 | 109,182 | 3121 | 28·6 |
| 1915 | 110,299 | 2955 | 26·8 |
| 1916 | 110,299 | 2918 | 26·5 |
| 1917 | 115,403 | 2329 | 20·1 |
| 1918 | 114,328 | 2093 | 18·3 |
| 1919 | 115,843 | 2426 | 20·5 |
| 1920 | 115,772 | 3276 | 28·3 |
| 1921 | 113,500 | 2667 | 23·5 |
| 1922 | 114,100 | 2631 | 23·1 |
| Average for 10 years | 112,801 | 2752 | 24·4 |
| 1923...... | 114,900 | 2428 | 211 |
Illegitimate Births.
The illegitimate births numbered 57 or 2-4 per cent, of the total
births. These occurred in the several wards as follows :—
East ... ... 25 South ... ... 9
North ... ... 10 South-East ... 4
North-West ... 5 South-West ... 4
As far as can be ascertained, the occupations of the mothers in these
cases were :—Domestic servants 9 ; Factory hands 7 ; Barmaids 5 :
Shop assistants 4; Drapers' assistants 4; Laundry workers 3.
The remaining births occurred outside the Borough and the information
as to occupation is not available.
Under the provisions of the Notification of Births Act, 1907,
intimations have been received from medical men, parents and others
with respect to 2,332 births. Omitting still births, which numbered
47, this gives a percentage of births notified to those registered of 94.
Marriages.
Marriages. Marriage Rate
862 7-5
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with the
particulars. There were 862 marriages in the Borough during 1923 as
compared with 976 in the previous year. The marriage rate was equal
to 7*5 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 8'6 for the
year 1922.