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REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1909.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my twenty-fifth Annual
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the 52 weeks
ending January 1st, 1910.
POPULATION.
The population of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was
estimated at 118,583 at the middle of the year 1909.
BIRTHS.
During the 52 weeks ending 1st January, 1910, 3,093 births
(1,573 males and 1,520 females) were registered, compared with
3,084 in 1908, 3,325 in 1907 and 3,260 in 1906.
The birth-rate for the Borough was equivalent to an annual rate
of 26.8 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 26.2 for 1908,
28.5 for 1907, and 28.2 for 1906, the average for the past ten years
being 29.2.
The birth-rate for London was 24.2 per 1,000, compared with 25.2
for 1908, 25'8 for 1907, and 26.7 for 1906, the average for the past
ten years being 27.7.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 25.6 per 1,000, for
the 76 great towns 25'7, and for the 142 smaller towns 24.8 per
1,000.
The subjoined table gives the number of births which occurred
in each Ward, also the birth-rate for each Ward. (See also Table 6.)
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