[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of].
- Deptford (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
- Date:
- [1936]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives
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![11 Marriages. During the year 943 marriages took place, equivalent to a rate of 9.5 persons marrying per 1,000 of the population. By courtesy of the Superintendent Registrar the following gives details as to the places in which these marriages were conducted: Church of England 582 Other places of worship 85 In the Superintendent Registrar's Office 276 Total 943 Births. After allowing for inward and outward transfers, i.e., the addition of 602 children born of Deptford parents outside the Borough, and the deduction of 35 children born inside the Borough, but whose parents reside normally outside its boundaries, the number of births registered as belonging to the Borough was 1,432. This is equivalent to a birth.rate of 14.4 per 1,000 of the population and, after Subtraction of deaths, represents only a natural increase of 3.3 per 1,000 of the population. The following table illustrates the steady fall that has taken place : BIRTHS. No. Deptford. Crude rate per 1,000 population. England and Wales. Crude rate per 1,000 population. County of London. Crude rate per 1,000 population Average for 10 years, 1915 to 1924 2610 22.9 20.0 20.5 Average 1925 to 1929 1976 17.4 17.2 16.7 1930 1761 15.9 16.3 15.7 1931 1745 16.3 15.8 15.0 1932 1669 15.9 15.3 14.3 1933 1520 14.8 14.4 13.2 1934 1597 15.8 14.8 13.2 1935 1432 14.4 14. 7* 13.3* *Provisional figures. Still-Births. 43 still-births were registered during the year as follows:— ] Legitimate Illegitimate Total Male 21 1 22 Female 20 1 21](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20106877_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
