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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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Table: Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1921.

Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1921.

1921.1920.
Area1,563 acres1,563 acres
Population—
Census 1911109,496109,496
Census 1921112,500112,500
Estimated to middle of 1921113,500115,636
Number of inhabited houses16,96616,855
Average number of persons per house6.16.9
Density73 per acre74 per acre
Length of Public Streets53 milesapprox.53 miles approx..
Rateable Value£654,526£644,159
1d. Rate produces (approximately)£2,522£2,504
Cost of administration of Public Health Department£4,313£2,984
Marriages8841,045
Marriage Rate7.89.0
Births2,6673,276
Birth Rate23.528.3
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years25.124.7
Deaths1,3821,408
Death Rate12.212.2
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years15.115.3
Infantile Mortality88 per 1,000births79 per 1,000 births
Infantile Mortality, average for the last 10 years103 per 1,000 births107 per 1,000 births
Zymotic Death Rate0.80.8 .