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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: Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis.Table VI.RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis.

Table VI.

RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Diarrhoea and Enteritis under two years.Total deaths under one year.
England and Wales7.769
105 Great Towns9.972
157 Smaller Towns6.469
County of London10.260
Deptford7.459

Table: Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1923

Table VII.

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1923

Births2428
Deaths1272
Excess of Births over Deaths1156

Table: Table VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Table VIII.

INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Year.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Mortality Rate.
1913350113
191430999
1915391132
191625888
1917239102
191820597
191920785
192025979
192123488
192219574
Average for 10 years26596
192314359