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Deptford 1913
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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As the disease is not notifiable under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, the above figures do not represent the total number of
cases which have occurred in the borough, as our only sources of
information are notifications of exclusions from schools by the Education
Authority and voluntary notification by parents.
The same procedure is adopted in the case of Measles with regard
to disinfection as if it were notifiable.
The rate of mortality was 0.45, compared with a rate of 0.26 for
1912, 0.61 for 1911, and 0.50 for 1910.
The deaths occurred among the inhabitants of the various wards
as follows:—
East 18 North 12 North-West 14
South 0 South-West 1 South-West 5
The rate of mortality for England and Wales was 0.28, for the 96
great towns 0.34, for the 145 smaller towns 0'29, and for the Metropolis
as a whole 0.34.
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 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 | ||||||
| North | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| North-West | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||||||
| South | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| South-East | - | — | 1 | — | - | - | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||
| South-West | I | — | 3 | 1 | — | - | — | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 50 | ||||||
| AGES AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 & upwards | A Ages | |||||||||
| 11 | 18 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | - | 50 | |||||||||