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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford]

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Table: Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1917.

Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1917.

1917.1916.
Area1,563 acres1,563 acres
Population—
Census 1901110,398110,398
Census 1911109,496109,496
Estimated to middle of year103,527110,299
Number of inhabited houses16,86216,658
Average number of persons per house616-6
Density66 per acre70 per acre
Length of Public Streets53 miles approx.53 miles approx.
Rateable Value£619,902£617,060
1d. Rate produces (approximately)£2,423£2,427
Cost of administration of Public Health Department£2,008£1,961
Marriages8211,021
Marriage Rate7.19.3
Births2,3292,918
Birth Rate20.126.5
Birth Rate, average for the last 10 years28.027.2
Deaths1,6631,666
Death Rate16.015.1
Death Rate, average for the last 10 years14.714.8
Infantile Mortality102per 1,000 births88 per 1,000 births
Infantile Mortality, average for the last 10 years112per 1,000 births118 per 1,000 births
Zymotic Death Rate1.51.03