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 of the births registered
during 1911 was 63.
The number of exemptions received during 1911 was 613, and the
number accepted as valid 573, as against 488 received in 1910, and
accepted as valid 428.
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 145
during the year 1911.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last nineteen years were as follows :
1893 | 178 | 1903 | 148 |
1894 | 163 | 1904 | 174 |
1895 | 201 | 1905 | 148 |
1896 | 192 | 1906 | 144 |
1897 | 187 | 1907 | 142 |
1898 | 190 | 1908 | 131 |
1899 | 199 | 1909 | 119 |
1900 | 192 | 1910 | 115 |
1901 | 168 | 1911 | 145 |
1902 | 166 |
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last nineteen years
is 163.