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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 1929

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

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The following is an analysis of these notifications:

Table: Births Notified in the Borough during Year 1929.

Births Notified in the Borough during Year 1929.

Ward.Births notified.By whom notified
TotalMaleFemalieAliveDeadParentDoc tor- MidwifeOther person
Deptford Park98485097165636
Evelyn1478265145284594
St. Paul's2461221242424520221
Vale13172591292112793
Clifton1105654108253570
Canterbury11354591112441671
Hatcham95534293252070
Pepys48252348—51627
St. Catherine's45281745—91521
St. Peter's336175161330614143071
St. John's71353671—71351
Town Hall77413676151854
Totals15177917261495228432011112

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Deaths.
In order to express the number of deaths as a death-rate applicable
to the Borough, it is necessary to make allowance in respect of deaths
of persons occurring within, but belonging outside the Borough, and,
conversely, for those who died while temporarily living outside Deptford.
Total deaths registered in the Borough 830
Deduct deaths of "non-residents" 139
691
Add deaths of "residents" outside Borough 790
Nett deaths applicable 1,481
This is equivalent to a death-rate of 13.3 per 1,000 persons, an
increase of 10-8 per cent, over the figure of 1928. To some extent
this is due to the epidemic of influenza in the early part of the year,
and to the severe weather at that time, to which causes has been
attributed the increased death-rate in the country generally. This
increase is shown by a comparison of the deaths occurring in the
several quarters of the years 1928 and 1929.