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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 1914

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics for 1914.

Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics for 1914.

1914.1913.
Area1,563 acres1,563 acres
Population—
Census 1901110,398110,398
Census 1911109,496109,496
Estimated to middle of year109,182109,280
Number of inhabited houses16,69616,638
Average number of persons per house6.56.6
Density70 per acre70 per acre
Length of Public Streets53 miles approx.53 miles approx.
Rateable Value£636,361£641,504
1d. Rate produces (approximately)£2,496£2,495
Cost of administration of Public Health Department£1,789£1,754
Marriages867847
Marriage Rate7.87.7
Births3,1213,106
Birth Rate28.628.0
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years27.427.6
Deaths1,5981,727
Death Rate14.615.5
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years14.614.6
Infantile Mortality99 per 1,000 births113 per 1,000 births
Infantile Mortality, average for the last 10 years122 per 1,000births124 per 1,000 births
Zymotic Death Rate1.691.87