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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

Greenwich 1910

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1910

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20
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Infantile Mortality, measured by the deaths of
children under one year of age to the number of births
registered, was 108 per 1,000 births, there having been
a total of 261 such deaths during the year, as compared
with 251, 310, and 259, the figures for the three preceding
years. The number for the County of London
was 103 per 1,000 births.
The lowest rates of Infantile Mortality amongst the
Metropolitan Boroughs were 60 per 1,000 births in
Hampstead, 64 in Stoke Newington, 66 in the City of
London, 80 in Lewisham, and 84 in the City of Westminster;
whilst the highest were 122 in Deptford, 123
in Finsbury and Bethnal Green, 126 in Bermondsey, and
146 in Shoreditch.

Table: Locally, the variations were from 63 per 1,000 births in Kidbrooke, 80 in Charlton, 108 in East Greenwich, 121 in West Greenwich, and 123 in St. Nicholas; the following table compares, at a glance, these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough:—

Locally, the variations were from 63 per 1,000 births in Kidbrooke, 80 in Charlton, 108 in East Greenwich, 121 in West Greenwich, and 123 in St. Nicholas; the following table compares, at a glance, these figures for the years since the formation of the Borough:—

District.Average for five Years, 1901-1905 inclusive.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.
East Greenwich12911497Ill100108
West „12611210811197121
St. Nicholas179207124130129123.
Charlton12110710215410580
Kidbrooke3948911335963
Total131121103120102108