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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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The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0'4
for the 77 great towns 0.5, for the 136 smaller towns 0.4
and for the Metropolis as a whole 0.6.
The following table shows the periods of the year and the localities in which deaths from Measles occurred, the sex and ages at death.
| WARDS. | QUARTERS. | YEAR. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | June. | Sept. | Dec. | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Total. | |||
| East | — | — | l | — | — | — | 16 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 37 | ||
| North | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||
| North-West | l | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| South | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| South-East | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| South-West | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Total | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 24 | 22 | 35 | 32 | 67 | ||
| AGES AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||
| Under I | All Ages. | ||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Schools.
The following list shows the action taken during the year
for the prevention of the spread of infectious disease in various
schools in the Borough. With the exception of one school they
were all closed for measles.