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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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The following table gives the number of deaths belonging to
each Ward, and the respective death rates. Deaths of residents
occurring outside the Borough are allocated to their respective Wards:—

Table: Table III.

Table III.

Ward.Deaths.Death Kate per 1,000.
Males.Females.Children under 1 yearTotal.
Deptford Park43426859.2
Evelyn61611012211.2
St. Paul's94651615914.7
Vale6164912511.2
Clifton6545201108.9
Canterbury484014888.8
Hatcham6864513212.0
Pepys4956310512.6
St. Catherine's454669111.6
St. Peter's353857310.7
St. John's6146610714.6
Town Hall63521111514.1
Whole Borough6936191111,31211.5

Table: The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1927 and the previous year is as follows Table IV.

The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1927 and the previous year is as follows Table IV.

19261927
Under 1 year9.1 per cent.8.5 per cent.
1 to 2 years3.41.8
2 to 5 „3.02.5
5 to 15 „2.63.3
15 to 25 „4.54.6
25 to 45 „11.110.0
45 to 65 „27.529.4
65 years and upwards38.839.9

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Infantile Mortality.
Infant Deaths. Infantile Mortality Rate.
111 58
111 Infants died before attaining the age of one year, i.e., 58 per
1,000 of the births registered. Of this number 8 were illegitimate,
representing an illegitimate infant mortality rate of 154 per 1,000.