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(b) Amount expended on outdoor relief in Deptford during year
ended 26th December, 1931:—
£73,730 19s. 4d.
A further index of the economic position is afforded by the details
of the incomes of persons receiving milk through the Council's scheme.
Analysis of the applications made in December showed that the number
of persons granted milk was 829. Of these, 787 persons were in
receipt of a wage which, after deduction of rent, left less than 7s. 6d.
per head in the family : in the case of a further 42 persons, the same
conditions being observed, the amount per head varied between 7s. 6d.
and 10s. 6d. During the whole year 11,311 applications for fortnightly
supplies were granted. Of this number, 10,565 applications were in
respect of families in receipt of an income, after deduction of rent, of
less than 7s. 6d. per head per week, and in the remainder, the amount
varied from 7s. 6d. to 10s. 6d.
Figures dealing with the number of births and deaths and the
mortality from certain specified diseases serve as a rough index of the
health of a community, and the following extracts from the vital
statistics is of interest in this connection :
Births
Male. Female. Total.
Legitimate 851 839 1,690
Illegitimate 27 28 55
Birth-rale.
16.3
Still-births, 55. Rate per 1,000 total births, 30.6.
Death-rate.
Deaths 1,284 12.0
Percentage of total deaths occurring in Institutions 57
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:
From Sepsis 4. From other causes 2.
Death-rate of infants under one year of age, per 1,000 births :
Legitimate 51
Illegitimate 127
Total 53
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 11
„ Deaths from Diarrhœa (under 2 years) 9