Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904.

  • Deptford (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1904. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 DEATHS. The number of Deaths registered during the year was 1,824 (males 951, females 873), of these 484 occurred in public institutions outside the district. There were 580 deaths belonging to the North District, 479 to the South District, and 765 to the Central District. The subjoined table gives the number of deaths that occurred in each Ward, and the death-rate in each Ward (see also Table 13) :— Deaths. Death-rate per 1,000. East Ward 15.98 359 North Ward 305 12.21 North-West Ward 263 1094 South Ward 126 10.18 South-East Ward 142 12.58 South-West Ward 145 9.2 9 This death-rate is calculated on the census population of 1901. Deaths in outlying Public Institutions will be found in Table 8, which gives a list of the institutions in which the deaths occurred. The total death-rate was equal to an annual rate of 16 05 per 1,000 persons living. The death-rate for England and Wales was 16-2 and for the 76 great towns 17 2, whilst the death-rate for the Metropolis as a whole was 16-1. MORTALITY AT GROUP OF AGES. The 1,824 deaths recorded during the year included 724 children under five years of age. The deaths of 489 children occurred under one year; 235 deaths were registered between one and five years; 64 between five and fifteen; 72 between the ages of 15 and 25; 551 of persons over 25 and under 65; and 413 of persons aged upwards of 65 years.