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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: The following table illustrates the steady fall that has taken place:

The following table illustrates the steady fall that has taken place:

No.BIRTHS.County of London.
Deptford.England and Wales.
Crude rate per 1,000 population.Crude rate per 1.000 population.Crude rate per 1.000 population
Average for 10 years, 1915 to 1924261022·920·020·5
Average 1925 to 1929197617·417·216·7
„ 1930-34165815715·3143
1935143214·414·713·3
1936154815·714·813·6
1937146215·114·913·3
1938137914·415·113·4

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Provisional figures.
Still-Births.

Table: 43 still-births were registered during the year as follows:—

43 still-births were registered during the year as follows:—

LegitimateIllegitimateTotal
Male21122
Female20121

Table: Illegitimacy. The figures relative to illegitimacy in 1938 and in previous years are as follows:

Illegitimacy. The figures relative to illegitimacy in 1938 and in previous years are as follows:

Av. for 10 yrs. 1915-24.Av. for 5 yrs. 1925-29Av. for 5 yrs. 1930-341935193619371938
No. of illegitimate births77585335474251
Percentage of total births2·93·03·22·43·02·83·7

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Notification of Births.
During 1938, the number of notifications received of births and still
births actually occurring in the Borough was 711. After allowing
for inward and outward transfers, the corrected figure was 1,406.