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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 1935

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

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Marriages.

Table: By courtesy of the Superintendent Registrar the following gives details as to the places in which these marriages were conducted:

By courtesy of the Superintendent Registrar the following gives details as to the places in which these marriages were conducted:

Church of England582
Other places of worship85
In the Superintendent Registrar's Office276
Total943

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Births.
After allowing for inward and outward transfers, i.e., the addition
of 602 children born of Deptford parents outside the Borough, and the
deduction of 35 children born inside the Borough, but whose parents
reside normally outside its boundaries, the number of births registered
as belonging to the Borough was 1,432. This is equivalent to a birth.rate
of 14.4 per 1,000 of the population and, after Subtraction of deaths,
represents only a natural increase of 3.3 per 1,000 of the population.

Table: The following table illustrates the steady fall that has taken place :BIRTHS.

The following table illustrates the steady fall that has taken place :

BIRTHS.

No.Deptford. Crude rate per 1,000 population.England and Wales. Crude rate per 1,000 population.County of London. Crude rate per 1,000 population
Average for 10 years, 1915 to 1924261022.920.020.5
Average 1925 to 1929197617.417.216.7
1930176115.916.315.7
1931174516.315.815.0
1932166915.915.314.3
1933152014.814.413.2
1934159715.814.813.2
1935143214.414. 7*13.3*

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*Provisional figures.
Still-Births.

Table: 43 still-births were registered during the year as follows:—

43 still-births were registered during the year as follows:—

Female20121