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Deptford 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1955 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 930, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 191.
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 72,890

VITAL STATISTICS

19541955
DeptfordLondonDeptfordLondon
Birth rate (per 1,000 living)14.715.214.315.0
Still births (ditto)0.320.300.320.31
Death rate (ditto)12.010.711.711.4
Infantile mortality rate (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births)16.520.711.423.3
19541955
Live births registeredLegitimate1,0341,005
(adjusted for inward and outward transfers)Illegitimate5543
Total1,0891,048
Still births registeredLegitimate2023
Illegitimate41
Total2424
Infant deathsLegitimate1311
Illegitimate51
Total1812
Total deaths886857*

There was one maternal death during 1955 resulting in a maternal
mortality rate of 0.95.
*Of this number 111 occurred in the New Cross General Hospital. The death rate
for Deptford if these deaths were excluded would be 10.2 instead of 11.7.