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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 1922

Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Table showing deaths and death-rates of infants and of children under five years of age:—

Table showing deaths and death-rates of infants and of children under five years of age:—

Year.Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Deaths of Children under 5 years of age
No.Rate per 1000 births.No.Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years.
1910816013219.2
19111058215222.7
1912796213119.8
1913916914922.7
1914917212920.0
19151017614422.2
191673629414.7
1917908012219.6
1918697710918.8
1919968312021.2
1920754810117.1
1921886512620.7
1922725610616.9

Table: Table showing the Infantile Death-Rates in the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs and in the County of London during 1922:—

Table showing the Infantile Death-Rates in the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs and in the County of London during 1922:—

District.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 births.District.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 births.
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Lewisham54Hammersmith71
Westminster, City54Hackney72
Greenwich56Deptford74
Hampstead56St. Pancras74
Lambeth58Islington77
London, City61Camberwell78
Wandsworth61Poplar79
Woolwich62Southwark79
Chelsea66Stepney79
Holborn66Finsbury82
Stoke Newington66Kensington82
St. Marylebone68Bethnal Green90
Battersea69Bermondsey101
Fulham69Shoreditch102
Paddington69County of London74