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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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Whooping Cough.
1911.
Average for
previous 10 years.
Number of Deaths.
35
41
Death rate per 1000, Deptford
0.32
0.36
This disease was the cause of 35 deaths compared with
44, 47 and 25 for the three preceding years.
The death rate per 1000 persons living was 0.32 as compared
with 0.37, 0.40 and 0.21 for the three preceding years.
The deaths occurred among the inhabitants of the various
Wards as follows :—
East 6.
South-East 1.
North 11.
South-West 2.
North-West 15.
South 0.
The following table shows the periods of the year and the localities in which deaths from Whooping Cough 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 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| North | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| North-West | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||
| South | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| South-East | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| South-West | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 35 | ||
| AGES AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||
| Under l | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & upward | All Ages. | |||||
| 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 35 | |||||