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Deptford 1913

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics for 1913.

1913. (53 weeks.)1912.
Area1,563 acres1,563 acres
Population—
Census 1901110,398110,398
Census 1911109,496109,496
Estimated to middle of 1913109,280109,377
Number of inhabited houses16,63816,482
Average number of persons per house6.66.6
Density70 per acre70 per acre
Length of Public Streets53 milesapprox.53 milesapprox.
Rateable Value£641,504£641,363
1d- Rate produces (approximately)£2,495£2,494
Cost of administration of Public Health Department£1,754£1,533
Marriages847905
Marriage Rate7.78.3
Births3,1062,896
Birth Rate28026.5
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years27.628.0
Deaths1,7271,442
Death Rate15.513.2
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years14.614.9
Infantile Mortality118 per 1,000births89 per 1,000 births
Infantile Mortality, average for124 per 1,000129 per 1,000
the last 10 yearsbirthsbirths
Zymotic Death Rate1.870.91