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 following table shows the infantile mortality in the various
wards:—
DEPTFORD.
Ward. | Births Registered. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Infantile Mortality per 1000 Births. |
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East Ward | 703 | 137 | 195 |
North Ward | 720 | 92 | 128 |
North-West Ward | 686 | 79 | 115 |
South Ward | 191 | 20 | 105 |
South-East Ward | 286 | 35 | 122 |
South-West Ward | 369 | 28 | 76 |
TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1915.
BIRTHS | 2955 | |
DEATHS—including 700 in Outlying Public Institutions | 1962 | |
Excess of Births over Deaths | 993 |
I submit a list of the principal causes of the 309 infantile deaths in
the Borough during 1915, viz.:—
Whooping Cough 23
Measles 10
Tuberculosis 16
Meningitis 6
Convulsions 18
Bronchitis and Pneumonia 88
Diarrhceal Diseases 29
Enteritis and Diseases of Digestive System 44
Gastritis 7
Syphilis 2
Suffocation in bed with parents 4
Congenital Malformation, Atelectasis, and
Injury at Birth 22
Debility and Marasmus 54
Premature Birth 49
Other causes 19
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