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Deptford 1912
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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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 Ward
677
80
118
North Ward
741
55
74
North-West Ward
710
63
89
South Ward
175
14
80
South-East Ward
254
29
114
South-West Ward
339
17
50
TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATH
IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1912.
BIRTHS
2896
DEATHS—including 579 in Outlying Public Institutions
1442
Excess of Births over Deaths
1454
The excess of births over deaths in Great Britain in
each of the 10 years 1902-1911, and the rate of such excess
per 1,000 persons living, are shown in the following table:—
Year.
Excess of births
over deaths.
Rate per 100 persons
living.
1902
459,297
12·26
1903
491,166
12·98
1904
450,227
11·75
1905
466,136
12·08
1906
460,170
11·81
1907
445,365
11·32
1908
473,451
11·88
1909
450,506
11·22
1910
465,470
11·48
1911
403,462
9·86