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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 1903

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1903

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Table: SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS FOR 1903.

SUMMARY OF VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS FOR 1903.

Area1,574 acres
Population—
Census 1901110,398
Estimated to middle of 1903112,455
Number of inhabited houses, Census 190115,823
Average Number of persons per house, Census 19017
Density71 per acre
Marriages629
Births3,465
Birth-rate30.8
Deaths1,740
Death-rate15.4
Infantile Mortality136 per 1,000 births.