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Deptford 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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6
VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1957 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 0.96 and for deaths 0.89
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 870, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 176.
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 | 70,970 | |||
| 1956 | 1957 | |||
| Deptford | London | Deptford | London | |
| Birth rate (per 1,000 living) | 14.86 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 16.2 |
| Still births (ditto) | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| Death rate (ditto) | 13.2 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| Infantile mortality rate (deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births) | 25.2 | 21.2 | 12.4 | 21.9 |
| 1956 | 1957 | |||
| Live births registered | Legitimate | 1,005 | 980 | |
| (adjusted for inward and outward transfers) | Illegitimate | 63 | 64 | |
| Total | 1,068 | 1,044 | ||
| Still births registered | Legitimate | 17 | 19 | |
| Illegitimate | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | 20 | 22 | ||
| Infant deaths | Legitimate | 23 | 11 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 2 | ||
| Total | 27 | 13 | ||
| Total deaths | 952 | 868 | ||
There were no maternal deaths during 1957.