[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough] page 11

Deptford 1938

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

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Table: Seasonal Mortality.

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Seasonal Mortality.

Quarter ended.	1937		1938
	No.	Rate per 1,000 of population.	No.	Rate per 1,000 of population.
	No.	Rate per 1,000 of population.	No.	Rate per 1,000 of population.	March	354	14·7	313	13·1
June	301	12·5	268	11·2
September	197	8·2	267	11·1
December	287	11·9	279	11·7

Table: The trend of the death.rate in recent years is shown by the following table:—

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The trend of the death.rate in recent years is shown by the following table:—

Year.		Deptford.	England & Wales.	London.
Year.	No.	Rate per 1,000 of the population.
Average for 10 years,
1915-1924	1560	14·1	13·6	13·9
1925-1934	1324	12.1	12.1	12.0
1935	1106	11.1	11·7	11·4
1936	1202	12·2	12·1	12·5
1937	1139	11·7	12·4	12·3
1938	1127	11·8	11·6	11·4

Table: Causes of Death. An analysis of the causes of death will be found in Table 1 of the Appendix. The following is a comparative statement of the chief causes of mortality in recent years:

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Causes of Death. An analysis of the causes of death will be found in Table 1 of the Appendix. The following is a comparative statement of the chief causes of mortality in recent years:

Cause of Death.	Rate per 1 000 deaths (all causes). 1938.	Average No. for 10 years 1915.24.	Average 1925-1929	Aveiage 1930-1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	Increase or decrease over 1937
										Measles	1·8	27	20	18	1	9	1	2	+ 1
										Whooping Cough	0·9	24	13	10	5	7	10	1	- 9
										Diphtheria	4·4	19	14	9	10	6	3	5	+ 2
										Influenza	70	70	35	23	6	7	27	8	-19
										Tuberculosis—Pulmonary	48	136	102	100	83	65	66	54	-12
Non-pulmonary	8.8	32	18	12	6	11	9	10	+ 1
Cancer	146	133	159	168	167	176	162	165	+ 3
Heart Disease	313	128	232	304	260	298	357	353	- 4
Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Em bolism and Thrombosis	49	67	54	53	60	66	36	56	+ 20
Bronchitis	30	140	95	53	46	73	33	34	+ 1
Pneumonia (all forms)	66	154	121	87	64	63	83	75	- 8
Nephritis	24	35	34	33	20	28	31	27	- 4
Diarrhoea and Enteritis	6·2	45	20	21	19	20	12	7	- 5
Violence (excluding Suicides)	34	48	49	43	42	48	25	39	+14
Premature Birth Malforma tion and Debility	39	86	49	45	27	40	33	44	+11

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Deptford 1938

Table: Seasonal Mortality.

Table: The trend of the death.rate in recent years is shown by the following table:—

Table: Causes of Death. An analysis of the causes of death will be found in Table 1 of the Appendix. The following is a comparative statement of the chief causes of mortality in recent years: