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Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
New Cross, S.E.
To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Gentlemen,
In compliance with the order of the Local Government Board,
I have pleasure in submitting to you my Report on the Vital Statistics
of the Borough and the work of your Public Health Department for
the 52 weeks ending January 2nd, 1915, this being the Fourth Annual
Report prepared by me.
Vital Statistics.
The foundation of vital statistics being the annual estimate of the
population of the Borough, the correctness of such estimate is a matter
of first importance.
The estimated population for the middle of the last year has been
obtained by the use of new methods and recognized formula calculated
to yield nearer approximations to the truth than the simple formula
previously employed. Such methods have given an estimate of 109,182
persons, showing a decrease of 314 persons since the census in 1911.
There are grounds for thinking that the population has increased slightly
rather than decreased since the middle of the year. The principal
argument in favour of that view is the reduction in the number of
empty properties recorded.
Births.
It will be noted in the text that the birth-rate in the Borough for
for the year 1914 was 28.6 per 1,000, which is .6 per 1,000 more than
that for the previous year and 4.3 per 1,000 more than that for the
whole of London.
Deaths.
During the year of 52 weeks the deaths registered in the Borough
numbered 1,598, being 129 less in number than in the previous year.—
The death rate was 14.6 per 1,000 compared with 15.5 for the previous year. .