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London County Council 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Towns.1887-96.1897.Towns.1887-96.1897
London1551591West Ham154172
Manchester184195Bristol144149
Liverpool188200Nottingham170206
Birmingham176214Bradford171179
Leeds176190Hull171181
Sheffield178198Salford195219

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London had therefore, in the period 1887-96, a lower infant mortality than any of these towns
except West Ham and Bristol, and in 1897 a lower infant mortality than any except Bristol.

Table: The infant mortality in 1897 and in the period 1887-96 in the several London sanitary districts may be seen from the following table-

The infant mortality in 1897 and in the period 1887-96 in the several London sanitary districts may be seen from the following table-

Sanitary districtDeaths under 1 year of age, 1897.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.
1887-96.1897.
Paddington449145149
Kensington613166166
Hammersmith538163171
Fulham664168162
Chelsea411155161
St. George, Hanover-square182139133
Westminster205166166
St. James75158163
Marylebone563138136
Hampstead188116127
Pancras1,176160168
Islington1,337147136
Stoke Newington101137121
Hackney929147
St. Giles143151146
St. Martin-in-the-Fields30196178
Strand92199161
Holborn144204184
Clerkenwell385175184
St. Luke277150149
London, City of62151130
Shoreditch791173183
Bethnal-green822161171
Whitechapel466160148
St. George-in-the-East399190197
Limehouse386186193
Mile-end Old-town633153149
Poplar995158170
St. Saviour, Southwark150187195
St. George, Southwark400187189
Newington754172177
St. Olave67171154
Bermondsey605159190
Rotherhithe219158174
Lambeth1,421144151
Battersea853159162
Wandsworth683131135
Camberwell1,188151159
Greenwich872149157
Lewisham334137125
Woolwich206152158
Lee119118135
Plumstead230116
London21,1571551582

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The eastern group of districts had the highest infant mortality (170), the northern the lowest
(145), the infant mortality of the southern, western, and central groups being 158, 160, and 163
respectively. Of the districts, St. George-in-the-East had the highest (197,), and Plumstead the
lowest infant mortality (116).
1 See footnote (2), page 7. 2 See footnote (1), page 7.