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Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Public Health Department,
Deptford Town Hall,
S.E. 14.
11th June, 1937.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my eighth Annual Report upon the
sanitary circumstances, sanitary administration and vital statistics of
the Borough.
The estimated population for statistical purposes was 98,900 and
based upon this figure, the birth and death-rates per 1,000 of the
population were 15.7 and 12.2, compared with 14.4 and 11.1 for the
year 1935.
The infantile mortality rate was 50, and the maternal death-rate
0.6—the latter rate being calculated upon 1,000 total (live and still)
births.
The incidence of infectious disease was less in 1936 than in 1935,
a total of 762 cases being notified as compared with 859 during the
previous year.
The work of the Sanitary Inspectors is outlined in the section
dealing with the sanitary circumstances of the Borough. The amount
and variety of work accomplished reflects great credit upon the
inspectorial staff.
The purity of the food supply, primarily the duty of the Food
Inspector, has been satisfactorily safeguarded.