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DEPT 8
REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the Year 1910.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my twenty-sixth Annual
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the 52 weeks
ending December 31st, 1910.
POPULATION.
The population of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was
estimated at 119,642 at the middle of the year 1910.
BIRTHS.
During the 52 weeks ending 31st December, 1910, 2,959 births
(1,502 males and 1,457 females) were registered, compared with
3,093 in 1909, 3,084 in 1908 and 3,325 in 1907.
The birth-rate for the Borough was equivalent to an annual rate
of 24.7 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 26.8 for 1909,
26.2 for 1908, and 28.5 for 1907, the average for the past ten years
being 28.8.
The birth-rate for London was 23.9 per 1,000, compared with 24.2
for 1909, 25.2 for 1908, and 25.8 for 1907, the average for the past
ten years being 27.1.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 24-8 per 1,000, for
the 77 great towns 24.9, and for the 136 smaller towns 23.7 per
1,000.
The subjoined table gives the number of births for each Ward,
together with the birth-rate. (See also Table 6.)