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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hampstead 1908

Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table:

TownInfantile Mortality.Town.Infantile Mortality.
Hornsey62Northampton96
Leyton77Tottenham96
Hastings81Croydon99
Bournemouth83Portsmouth99
King's Norton85Reading99
Handsworth (Staffs)87Willesden99
Coventry95

Table: The following is a list of the 142 towns in which the infantile mortality was lower than 100 per 1,000 births:—

The following is a list of the 142 towns in which the infantile mortality was lower than 100 per 1,000 births:—

Town.Infantile Mortality.Town.Infantile Mortality.
Penge52Lancaster87
Finchley61Hendon89
Reigate70Hereford89
Guildford71Hove89
Bromley74Scarborough90
Beckenham76Colchester92
Rochester78Enfield92
Peterborough79Salisbury92
Ilford80Lincoln94
Ealing82Oxford94
Bath83Southend-on-Sea94
Tunbridge Wells83Dover95
Watford83Kingston-on-Thames95
Wimbledon83Nuneaton96
Gillingham84Twickenham96
Royal Leamington Spa84Winchester96
Erith85Bedford98
Eastbourne86Poole98
Cheltenham88Ramsgate98
Wood Green86Gloucester99

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The measures for the prevention of infantile mortality that
were described in my former reports were continued during the
year with some extensions. There was a considerable development
of the work of health visiting during the year. On October 22nd,