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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
Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE H. Table Showing the Distribution of Infant Mortality Throughout London for 1908, and the three proceeding years.
| Borough.* | Infant Mortality Rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | ||
| 1 | Hampstead | 92 | 77 (1) | 69 (1) | 69 (1) |
| Lewisham | 92 | 113 (7) | 90 (2) | 86 (2) | |
| 2 | Woolwich | 102 | 109 (5) | 112 (10) | 94 (4) |
| 3 | City of Westminster | 106 | 110 (6) | 102 (7) | 102 (7) |
| 4 | Chelsea | 112 | 133 (18) | 122 (16) | 107 (11) |
| 5 | Paddington | 117 | 105 (4) | 109 (9) | 103 (8) |
| Wandsworth | 117 | 121 (11) | 99 (4) | 97 (5) | |
| 6 | Holborn | 119 | 120 (10) | 131 (21) | 113 (12) |
| Greenwich | 119 | 119 (9) | 100 (5) | 120 (16) | |
| 7 | Stoke Newington | 120 | 102 (3) | 100 (5) | 92 (3) |
| 8 | Islington | 121 | 124 (13) | 116 (13) | 102 (7) |
| Deptford | 121 | 143 (21) | 108 (8) | 122 (17) | |
| 9 | Camberwell | 122 | 130 (15) | 115 (121 | 104 (9) |
| 10 | Lambeth | 124 | 131 (16) | 120 (15) | 104 (9) |
| 11 | St. Pancras | 127 | 123(12) | 108 (8) | 107 (11) |
| 12 | St. Marylebone | 128 | 117 (8) | 101 (7) | 101 (6) |
| Battersea | 128 | 126(14) | 114 (11) | 106 (10) | |
| 13 | Hackney | 132 | 119 (9) | 112 (10) | 115 (13) |
| Hammersmith | 132 | 138 (20) | 117 (14) | 120 (16) | |
| 14 | Kensington | 139 | 132 (17) | 128 (19) | 119 (15) |
| 15 | Stepney | 142 | 134 (19) | 117 (14 | 130 (19) |
| 16 | Fulham | 143 | 134 (19) | 122 (16) | 116 (14) |
| 17 | Southwark | 144 | 144 (22) | 138 (22) | 131 (20) |
| 18 | City of London | 146 | 101 (2) | 94 (3) | 92 (3) |
| 19 | Bermondsey | 147 | 153 (24) | 123 (17) | 144 (24) |
| 20 | Finsbury | 148 | 160 (26) | 130 (20) | 133 (22) |
| 21 | Bethnal Green | 149 | 155 (25) | 138 (22) | 132 (21) |
| 22 | Poplar | 151 | 152 (23) | 124 (18 | 123 (18) |
| 23 | Shoreditch | 160 | 163 (27) | 150 (23) | 139 (23) |
*The Boroughs are placed in order of Rate, for 1905. Their relative
positions in the remaining years are indicated by the figure
in brackets.
The accompanying chart shows the steady decline which is taking
place in infantile mortality, no matter which rates are studied—
crude, corrected, or Registrar-General's.