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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 1921
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The mortality amongst infants in the various wards is shown in the
following table:—
Ward.
Births
Registered
Deaths
under
1 year of age.
Infantile
mortality
per 1000 Births.
East
602
81
135
North
607
51
84
North-West
549
50
91
South
South-East
301
282
12
12
40
43
South-West
326
28
86
Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.
Diarrhœa and
Enteritis
under two years.
Total deaths
under one year.
England and Wales
15.5
83
96 Great Towns
19.3
87
148 Smaller Towns
15.6
84
County of London
21.3
80
Deptford
20.6
88
TABLE SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1921
| Births | 2667 |
| Deaths | 1382 |
| Excess of Births over Deaths | 1285 |