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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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Table: The mortality amongst infants in the various wards is shown in the following table:— Table V.

The mortality amongst infants in the various wards is shown in the following table:— Table V.

Ward.Births Registered,Deaths under 1 year of age.Infantile mortality per 1000 Births.
Deptford155639
Evelyn1921052
St. Paul's2691659
Vale214942
Clifton17820112
Canterbury1511493
Hatcham143535
Pepys106328
St. Catherine's90667
St. Peter's140536
St. John's111654
Town Hall1591169

Table: Infantile Mortality Rates.

Infantile Mortality Rates.

England and Wales69
107 Great Towns71
155 Smaller Towns68
London59

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Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis.

Table: Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Diarrhœa and Enteritis under two years.Total deaths under one year.
England and Wales6.369
107 Great Towns8.371
155 Smaller Towns5.068
County of London7.559
Deptford4.258