London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
10
Swimming pools with chlorination plants to ensure cleanliness of
the water, slipper baths and washhouses are maintained by the Borough
Council and are largely used.
The chief industries are those associated with the metal trade, stone
and slate works, paper works, tarpaulin making, spinning and sackmaking.
Figures dealing with the number of births and deaths and the mortality from certain specified diseases serve as a rough index of the health of a community, and the following extracts from the vital statistics are of interest in this connection :
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Grand Total. | Birth-rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate 724 | 696 | 1,420 1 | 1,462 | 15.1 |
| Illegitimate 25 | 17 | 42 | |||
| Still-births, 60. Rate per 1,000 total births, 39.4. | Death-rate. | ||||
| Deaths | 1,139 | 11.7 | |||
| Percentage of total deaths occurring in Institutions | 64 | ||||
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth : | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births. | |||||
| From Puerperal Sepsis. | — | — | |||
| Other Puerperal causes. | 1 | 0.6 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0.6 | |||
| Death-rate of infa-nts under one year of age, per 1,000 live births: | |||||
| Legitimate | 45 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 48 | ||||
| Total | 45 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 10 | ||||
| „ Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 11 | ||||
Population.
The population for 1937, as given by the Registrar-General, was
96,580, the lowest on record.