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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1953 together with
comparative figures for London and for the previous year.
The proportions of old or young vary in different areas and the
Registrar General gives Area Comparability factors which take these
variations into account. The factor for births is 0-93 and for deaths 1.02
and the birth rate and death rate should be multiplied by the appropriate
factor when making comparisons with rates in other towns.
The figure for population is the estimated mid-year home population.
The estimated decrease in the population is 880, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 153.
The table setting out the causes of deaths will be found in the Appendix
Table I. The deaths are classified under the 36 headings based on the
Abbreviated List of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases,
Injuries and Causes of Death, 1948.
Area of Borough 1,564 acres
Estimated mid-year home population 75,030
1952 1953
Deptford London Deptford London
Birth rate (per 1,000 living) 17.4 17.6 15.0 17.5
Still births (ditto) 0.24 0.34 0.25 0.38
Death rate (ditto) : 11.9 12.6 *13.0 12.5
Infantile mortality rate (deaths
under 1 year per 1,000 live
births) 31.8 23.8 26.5 24.8
1952 1953
Live births registered Legitimate 1,256 1,069
(adjusted for inward and out- Illegitimate 64 60
ward transfers)
Total 1,320 1,129
Still births registered Legitimate 18 18
Illegitimate — 1
Total 18 19
Infant deaths Legitimate 40 24
(under 1 year) Illegitimate 2 6
Total 42 30
Total deaths 909 976*
*Of this number 139 occurred in the New Cross General Hospital. The death rate
for Deptford if these deaths were excluded would be 11.1 instead of 13.0.