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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The infantile mortality was 123 per 1,000 births, compared with
no in 1903, 126 in 1902 and 133 in 1901.
The following Table shows the number of deaths in each subd
strict, the percentage to total deaths, and the rate per 1,000 births
for the year 1904 and the three previous years, as well as the totals
for the whole Borough.

The infantile mortality in London for the year was 144, in
England and Wales 146, in the 76 great towns 160, in the 142 smaller
towns 154, and for Rural England and Wales 125, per 1,000 births.
The rate for the year, although higher than in 1903, is still under
the decennial average for the years 1894 to 1903, which was 130 per
1,000 births. Only in the years 1894 and 1903 has this rate been
lower.
The next Table shows the deaths under one year arranged
according to the monthly age periods.
It is there seen that a very large proportion, about 28-5 per cent,
of the total deaths, occurred in the first month of life, 46 per cent, in
the first three months, and 70 per cent, in the first six months.