Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VACCINATION.
The percentage of infants vaccinated whose births were registered
during 1910 was 58.
The number of exemptions received during 1910 was 488, and the
number accepted as valid 428, as against 400 received in 1909, and
accepted as valid 337.
DEATHS of INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 115
during the year 1910.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last eighteen years were as follows: –
1893 | 178 | 1902 | 166 |
1894 | 163 | 1903 | 148 |
1895 | 201 | 1904 | 174 |
1896 | 192 | 1905 | 148 |
1897 | 187 | 1906 | 144 |
1898 | 190 | 1907 | 142 |
1899 | 199 | 1908 | 131 |
1900 | 192 | 1909 | 119 |
1901 | 168 | 1910 | 115 |
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last eighteen year6
is 164.