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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1954 together with
comparative figures for the previous year.
The proportions of old or young vary in different areas and the
Registrar General gives Area Comparability factors which take these
variations into account. The factor for births is 0.93 and for deaths 1.02
and the birth-rate and death rate should be multiplied by the appropriate
factor when making comparisons with rates in other towns.
The figure for population is the estimated mid-year home population.
The estimated decrease in the population is 1,210, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 203.
The table setting out the causes of deaths will be found in the Appendix
Table I. The deaths are classified under 36 headings based on the
Abbreviated List of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases,
Injuries and Causes of Death, 1948.
Area of Borough 1,564 acres
Estimated mid-year home population 73,820

There was one maternal death during 1954 resulting in a maternal
mortality rate of 0.89.
*Of this number 122 occurred in the New Cross General Hospital. The death rate
for Deptford if these deaths were excluded would be 10.3 instead of 12.0.