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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 1911

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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active part in the prevention of the painful sickness and
unnecessary deaths of those children whose parents were unable
through lack of knowledge to do the proper thing at the proper
time for them.

Table: The following is a table showing the infantile death-rate For the 13 weeks ending 30th of September, for some of the London Boroughs:—

The following is a table showing the infantile death-rate For the 13 weeks ending 30th of September, for some of the London Boroughs:—

Deptford.Bermondsey.South wark.Poplar.Bethnal Green.Shoreditch.Greenwich.
Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births registered251281250273255266241
In a previous table will be seen the infantile mortality per 1,000 births for the past ten years.

Table: The following table shows the infantile mortality in the various wards:— DEPTFORD.

The following table shows the infantile mortality in the various wards:— DEPTFORD.

Ward.Births Registered.Deaths under 1 year of age.Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births.
East Ward726143197
North Ward748108144
North-West Ward72595131
South Ward1771268
South-East Ward28029104
South-West Ward34541119