Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The subjoined table gives the number of births for each Ward, together with the birth-rate :—
Ward. | Births. | Birth Rate per 1,000. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | |||
East Ward | 340 | 363 | 703 | 32.9 | |
North Ward | 377 | 343 | 720 | 29.9 | |
North-West Ward | 333 | 353 | 686 | 29.0 | |
South Ward | 103 | 88 | 191 | 15.6 | |
South-East Ward | 146 | 140 | 286 | 23.0 | |
South-West Ward | 180 | 189 | 369 | 22.2 |
In the following table will be seen the number of births, deaths,
and deaths of children under one year of age, which have occurred
during the past ten years, with the respective rates:—
Year. | Estimnted population. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under one year. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Rate per 1000. | No. | Mortality per 1000 births. | ||
1905 | 114,512 | 3290 | 28.7 | 1642 | 14.3 | 411 | 124 |
1906 | 115,495 | 3260 | 28.2 | 1854 | 16.0 | 472 | 144 |
1907 | 116,510 | 3323 | 28.5 | 1641 | 14.0 | 356 | 107 |
1908 | 117,539 | 3084 | 26.2 | 1643 | 13.9 | 381 | 123 |
1909 | 118,583 | 3093 | 26.8 | 1611 | 13.5 | 321 | 103 |
1910 | 119,642 | 2959 | 24.7 | 1671 | 13.9 | 366 | 123 |
1911 | 109,475 | 3001 | 27.4 | 1728 | 15.8 | 428 | 143 |
1912 | 109,377 | 2896 | 26.5 | 1442 | 13.2 | 258 | 89 |
1913 | 109,280 | 3106 | 28.0 | 1727 | 15.5 | 350 | 113 |
1914 | 109,182 | 3121 | 28.6 | 1598 | 14.6 | 309 | 99 |
Average for 10 years | 113,959 | 3113 | 27.4 | 1656 | 14.5 | 365 | 117 |
1915 | 110,299 | 2955 | 26.8 | 1962 | 17.8 | 391 | 132 |
Illegitimate Births.
The illegitimate births, which number 84, eight more than the
previous year, occurred in the several Wards, as follows:—
East Ward 20 South Ward 6
NorthWard 11 South-East Ward 9
North-West Ward 24 South-West Ward 14
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