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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 1924

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis

Table: Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Table VI.

RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Diarrhœa and Enteritis under two years.Total deaths under one year.
England and Wales7.375
105 Great Towns9.280
157 Smaller Towns6.271
County of London8.469
Deptford6.776

Table: Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1924.

Table VII.

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1924.

births2376
deaths1379
Excess of Births over Deaths997

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.
191430999
1915391132
191625888
1917239102
191820597
191920785
192025979
192123488
192219574
192314359
Average for 10 years24490
192418076