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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS. The tables following give the important vital statistics for 1948, together with comparative figures for the previous year:-
| Area of the Borough | 1,564 acres, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947. | 1948. | ||||||
| Estimated Civilian population 73,380 | 75,670 | ||||||
| Comparative figures for London. | Comparative figures for London. | ||||||
| Birth rate (per 1,000 living) | 25.4 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 20.1 | |||
| Stillbirths -do- | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.49 | |||
| Death rate -do- | 13.0 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 | |||
| Infantile Mortality rate (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births). | s 33 | 37 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 1947. | 1948. | ||||||
| Live births registered (adjusted for inward and outward transfers). | Legitimate | 1767 | 1482. | ||||
| Illegitimate | 98 | 80 | |||||
| 1865 | 1562 | ||||||
| Still Births registered, | Legitimate | 22 | 46 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 24 | 47 | ||||||
| Infant Deaths (under 1 year) | Legitimate | 56 | 32 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 62 | 34 | ||||||
| Total deaths (adjusted for Inward and Outward Transfers) | 955 | 878 | |||||
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