Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical officer of Health.
Infantile Mortality.
The following Table shows the number of deaths, the percentage to total deaths, the rate per 1,000 births
for the year and for the ten previous years for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, compared with the
decennial average.
Sub-District. | No. of Deaths under one year. | Percentage to total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | Average 10 years. | 1919. | |||
Clapham | 61 | 8.12 | 83 | 67 | 119 | 76 | 82 | 76 | 92 | 70 | 74 | 107 | 84 | 65 |
Putney | 41 | 11.85 | 86 | 81 | 145 | 69 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 74 | 83 | 97 | 88 | 112 |
Streatham. | 95 | 7.64 | 73 | 64 | 99 | 58 | 74 | 86 | 76 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 58 |
Tooting | 43 | 12.21 | 98 | 92 | 116 | 100 | 91 | 114 | 104 | 109 | 110 | 99 | 103 | 58 |
Wandsworth | 119 | 11. 24 | 89 | 89 | 143 | 83 | 103 | 84 | 104 | 92 | 104 | 90 | 98 | 68 |
Whole Borough | 359 | 9.56 | 86 | 78 | 122 | 76 | 88 | 88 | 92 | 78 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 66 |