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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1904.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on
the vital statistics and sanitary work for the Registration
Year 1904, 52 weeks ending December 31st, 1904.
POPULATION.
According to the Registrar-General's returns, the population
for the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford is estimated at
113,634, at the middle of the year 1904.
BIRTHS.
The number of Births registered during the year 1904, was
3,265 (1,659 males and 1,606 females), equivalent to an annual
rate of 2873 per 1,000 of the population.
The Birth-rate for England and Wales was 27-9, for the 76
great towns 29-1, and that for the County of London 27-9.
MARRIAGES.
The number of Marriages registered in the Borough of
Deptford during the year 1904 was 704, whilst that for the
previous year was 629,
The Marriages for the past nine years were—
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
588 687 709 735 666 746 713 629 704