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The rate of mortality was 0.55, compared with 0.28, 0.47 and
0.61 for the three preceding years.
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.35, for the 76
great towns 0.48, for the 143 smaller towns 0.33, and for the Metropolis
as a whole 0.48.
WHOOPING COUGH.
This disease was the cause of 47 deaths, compared with 25, 35
and 61 for the three preceding years.
The death-rate per 1,000 persons living was 0.41, as compared
with 0.21, 0.30 and 0.52 for the three preceding years. The
rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.20, for the 76 great
towns 0.24, for the 143 smaller towns 0.17, and for the County of
London 0.26. North Deptford had 18 deaths, South Deptford 4, and
Central Deptford 25.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The Local Government Board order, which came into force on
January 1st, 1909, rendered compulsory the notification of cases of
. Pulmonary Tuberculosis by the Medical Officer of a Poor Law
Institution, and by the District Medical Officer in the case of any
poor person he is attending, according to his agreement with the
Board of Guardians. The notifications are to be made to the
Medical Officer of Health within forty-eight hours after the symptoms
of pulmonary tuberculosis are first recognised.
The Superintending Officer of a Poor Law Institution is required
to post to the Medical Officer of Health a notification of the actual,
or intended, place of destination of any person leaving the institution
with respect of whom notification has been made, and the same
obligation is laid upon the Relieving Officer in the case of persons
not in an institution who may change their address. The Order is
not to authorise anyone to put into force any enactment which
renders the person notified or any other person liable to a penalty or
subjects him to any restriction, prohibition or disability affecting
him or his employment, occupation, means of livelihood, or residence,
on the ground of his suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
The number of notifications received during the year was 538
relating to 172 cases. Table 3 shows there were 81 in North
Deptford, 24 in South Deptford and 67 in Central Deptford.
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