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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 1927
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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compared with 842 in the previous year. The marriage rate was equal
to 8.1 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 7.3 for the
year 1926.
The marriages were solemnised in the following places:—
| 600 | in Churches of England. | |
| 79 | in other Places of Worship. | |
| 248 | in the Superintendent Registrar's Office. | |
| 927 | Total | |
| Deaths | ||
| Deaths. | Death Rate. | |
| 1,312 | 11.5 | |
The deaths registered in Deptford numbered 745 equalling a deathrate
of 6.5, as compared with 798 and a death-rate of 6.9 for the
preceding year. Of this number, 115 were non-parishioners. The
deaths of Deptford residents occurring outside the Borough in public
institutions were 682, making a total of 1,312 deaths belonging to this
Borough. Of these 693 were males and 619 were females. The death
rate was 11.5, compared with 11.3 in 1926.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 12.3
„ „ for the 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns was 12.2
„ „ for the 155 Smaller Towns was 11.3
„ ,, for the County of London was 11.9.
The following table shows the number ot deaths which have occurred during the past ten years, with the respective rates:—
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1000. | ||
| 1917 | 103,527 | 1663 | 16.0 |
| 1918 | 102,036 | 1827 | 17.9 |
| 1919 | 111,205 | 1469 | 13.0 |
| 1920 | 115,636 | 1408 | 12.2 |
| 1921 | 113,500 | 1382 | 12.2 |
| 1922 | 114,100 | 1574 | 13.8 |
| 1923 | 114,900 | 1272 | |
| 1924 | 115,200 | 1379 | |
| 1925 | 115,900 | 1399 | |
| 1926 | 115,700 | 1302 | 11.3 |
| Average for 10 years | 112,170 | 1467 | 13.2 |
| 1927 | 113,800 | 1312 | 11.5 |
* Civil population.