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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: Whooping Cough.

Whooping Cough.

1914.Average for previous 10 years.
Number of Deaths938
Death rate per 1000, Deptford0•080•33

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This disease was the cause of 9 deaths compared with 43, 24 and 35
for the three preceding years.
The death rate per 1000 persons living was 0•08 as compared
with 0•39, 0•22 and 0•32 for the three preceding years.
The deaths occurred among the inhabitants of the various Wards
as follows:—
East 4. North 3. North-West 1.
South —. South-East 1. South-West —.

Table: The following table shows the periods of the year, and the localities in which deaths from Whooping Cough occurred, the sex and ages at death.

The following table shows the periods of the year, and the localities in which deaths from Whooping Cough 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-----—31314
North—1--——2-213
North-West-------1—11
South-----------
South-East-----1---11
South-West-----------
Total—1———152549
AGES AT DEATH.
Under 11-22-55-1515-25 25-4545-6565 & upwardAll Ages.
—63-----9

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Institutional Isolation of Measles and Whooping Cough.
The continued prevalence and high rate of mortality of measles
and of whooping cough are matters of grave concern. In 1913, the
latest year for which there are records, the death-rate from measles