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Deptford 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Illegitimate Births.
The illegitimate births number 84 or 2.6 per cent. of the total births. These births occurred in the several wards as follows
| East | 19 | South | 8 |
| North | 10 | South-East | 8 |
| North-West | 27 | South-West | 12 |
| 84 | |||
Marriages.
There were 1,045 marriages in the Borough during the year, as
compared with 1,004 in the previous year.
The marriage rate for 1920 was equal to 9.0 per 1,000 of the
estimated population and has not been exceeded in any year for the
past ten years. The rate for 1919 was 8.7 per 1,000.
The marriages were celebrated in the following places:—
660 in Churches of England.
99 in other places of worship.
286 in the Superintendent Registrar's Office.
1,045 Total
Deaths.
| Number of deaths for 1920 | 1,408 |
| Average number of deaths for previous ten years | 1,675 |
| Average death.rate for previous ten years | 15.3 |
| Death.rate per 1,000 for Deptford for 1920 | 12.2 |
| „ „ England and Wales | 12.4 |
| „ „ 96 Large Towns | 12.5 |
| „ „ 148 Smaller Towns | 11.3 |
| „ „ County of London | 12.4 |
The number of deaths registered within the Metropolitan Borough
of Deptford from all causes during 1920 was 1,003, equal to a death.
rate of 8.7 as compared with 1,051 deaths, and a death.rate of 10.1
during the previous year. The total number of deaths belonging to
Deptford is obtained by deducting the number of deaths of non.
parishioners registered in the Borough, viz., 207, of which number 186
occurred in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's South Eastern Hospital
making 796 deaths actually belonging to Deptford. this number
we must add 612 deaths of parishioners which occurred in public institutions
outside the Borough, making a total of 1,408, of which 748
were males and 660 females, and upon these figures the statistics
are based.