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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Summary of Vital anb Mortal Statistics for 1915.
1915. 1914.
Area 1,563 acres 1,563 acres
Population-
Census 1901 110,398 110,398
Census 1911 109,496 109,496
Estimated to middle of year 110,299 109,182
Number of inhabited houses 16,658 16,696
Average number of persons per
house 6.6 6.5
Density 70 per acre 70 per acre
Length of Public Streets 53 miles approx 53 miles approx
Rateable Value £636,361 £636,361
1d. Rate produces (approximately) £2,542 £2,496
Cost of administration of Public
Health Department £1,718 £1,789
Marriages 1,262 857
Marriage Rate 11.4 7.8
Births 2,955 3,121
Birth Rate 26.8 28. 6
Birth Rate, average for the
last 10 years 27.4 27.4
Deaths 1,962 1,598
Death Rate 17.8 14.6
Death Rate, average for the
last 10 years 14.5 14.6
Infantile Mortality 132per 1,000 99per 1,000
births births
Infantile Mortality, average for 117 per 1,000 122per 1,000
the last 10 years births births
Zymotic Death Rate 2 07 1.69