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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 1913
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Seasonal Mortality.
First Quarter.—The deaths numbered 502, which is equal to an
annual death rate of 18.4 per 1000.
Second Quarter.—The deaths numbered 405, which is equal to
an annual death rate of 14.8 per 1000.
Third Quarter.—In this quarter 362 deaths were registered, equal to
an annual rate of 13.3 per 1000.
Fourth Quarter.—458 deaths were registered, equal to a rate of
16'8 per 1000 of the population.
Note.—These figures contained in the Quarterly Reports have been corrected by
the inclusion of 23 parishioners whose deaths occurred outside the
Metropolitan area.
Burials.
It is a common custom in Deptford to keep the bodies of deceased
persons in dwelling houses much longer than is desirable- It seems
to me that legislation is needed to make every person who desires to
keep a dead body more than three or four days obtain a certificate
from the Medical Officer of Health.
By this means the Medical Officer of Health would obtain early
information that a dead body was in the house, and could satisfy himself
that it was not a nuisance.
Infantile Mortality. Total deaths of Infants under one year, 350.
| 1913. | Average for previous 10 years. | |
|---|---|---|
| Deptford Infantile death rate per per 1000 births | 113 | 124 |
| England and Wales | 109 | |
| 96 Large Towns | 116 | |
| 145 Smaller Towns | 112 | |
| County of London | 104 |
Of the 1,727 deaths recorded during the year 350 were of infants
under one year of age.
During the past ten years the infantile death-rate has fallen from
149 to 113 per 1,000 births registered.
In a previous table will be seen the infantile mortality per 1,000
births for the past ten years.
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