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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

Hammersmith 1908

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908

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Table: Table showing the Infantile Mortality Rates of the County of London, the City of London, and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 Weeks of 1908, as calculated by the Registrar-General.

Table showing the Infantile Mortality Rates of the County of London, the City of London, and the Metropolitan Boroughs during the 53 Weeks of 1908, as calculated by the Registrar-General.

Deaths under1 year to 1,000 Births Registered.
County of London113
Hampstead69
Lewisham86
City of London92
Stoke Newington92
Woolwich94
Wandsworth97
St. Marylebone101
City of Westminster102
Islington102
Paddington103
Battersea104
Camberwell104
Lambeth104
Chelsea107
St. Pancras107
Holborn112
Hackney115
Fulham116
Kensington119
Greenwich120
Hammersmith120*
Deptford122
Poplar123
Stepney130
South wark131
Belhnal Green132
Finsbury133
Shoreditch139
Bermondsey144

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* The Registrar-General has calculated this figure on the corrected Births of Hammersmith,
which he gives at 3,204 instead of 3,102, and the corrected death of infants the same as I do.