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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 1918

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

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Table: The subjoined table shows the number of deaths which have occurred during the past ten years, with the respective rates.

The subjoined table shows the number of deaths which have occurred during the past ten years, with the respective rates.

Year.Estimated Population.Deaths.
No.Rate per 1000.
1908117,539164313.9
1909118,583161113.5
1910119,642167113.9
1911109,475172815.8
1912109,377144213.2
1913109,280172715.5
1914109,182159814.6
1915110,299196217.8
1916110,299166615.1
1917*103,527166316.0
Average for 10 years111,720167114.9
1918*02,036182717.9

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* Civil population.

Table: The next table gives the number of Deaths belonging to each Ward nd the Death Rates for each Ward:—

The next table gives the number of Deaths belonging to each Ward nd the Death Rates for each Ward:—

Ward.Deaths.Death Rates per 1,000.
Males.Females.Children under 1 year.Total.
East2032075741020.6
North2162025741818.4
North-West1871665435315.5
South7898617615.0
South-East1301181524823.6
South-West1041181622214.5

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Excess of Births over Deaths. The natural increase of the
population by the excess of births over deaths was 266, compared with
666, 1,252 and 993 in the preceding three years.
The following table gives the statistics of the Borough during 1918
and the five previous years, in the form prescribed by the Loca
Government Board: