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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

Islington 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1906

Table: In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—

In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—

England and Wales133 Per 1 000 births.
Rural Districts116 „
76 Great Towns145 ,,
142 Smaller Towns138 ,,
London131 „
Birmingham168 „
Liverpool172 „
Manchester167 „
Leeds151 „
Bristol127 „
Sheffield158 „
The Encircling BoroughsHornsey85 „
Stoke Newington102 ,,
Hackney119 „
Shoreditch163 „
Finsbury160 „
St. Pancras123 „
The Encircling Boroughs129
Islington125 „