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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Diagram IV
MORTALITY-AND BIRTH-RATES IN LONDON
1905-1909
IN RELATION TO
"SOCIAL CONDITION."
For the purposes of this diagram the proportion of the child population in each
Metropolitan Borough scheduled for compulsory attendance at the Council's Schools
has been used as an index of "Social Condition," and the 29 Boroughs have been
arranged in Five Groups as under:—
Group I. Boroughs in which less than 79% of the child population were scheduled in 1907.
„ II. „ „ „ from 79-85 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
„ III. „ „ „ „ 85-91 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
„ IV. „ „ „ „ 91-97 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „
„ V. „ „ „ more than 97 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ „