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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

Hampstead 1923

Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Table showing deaths and death-rates of infants and of children under five years of age:—

Table showing deaths and death-rates of infants and of children under five years of age:—

Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
No.Rate per 1000 births.No.Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years.
1910816013219.2
19111058215222.7
1912796213119.8
1913916914922.7
1914917212920.0
19151017614422.2
191673629414.7
1917908012219.6
1918697710918.8
1919968312021.2
1920754810117.1
1921886512620.7
1922725610616.9
192354447110.8

Table: The following table, taken from the statistics of the Registrar-General, shows the Infantile Mortality in the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs, the County of London, and England and Wales during the 52 weeks ended 29th December, 1923:—

The following table, taken from the statistics of the Registrar-General, shows the Infantile Mortality in the Metropolitan Cities and Boroughs, the County of London, and England and Wales during the 52 weeks ended 29th December, 1923:—

District.Deaths under 1 year per 1000 births.
Hampstead42
Woolwich43
Lewisham45
Westminster, City46
Stoke Newington48
Battersea48
Wandsworth52
Chelsea55
Camberwell56
Deptford58
Hackney58
Lambeth58
Poplar59
Finsbury60
Greenwich62
Stepney63
St. Pancras63
Fulham63
Hammersmith63
Islington66
Paddington68
St. Marylebone68
Southwark68
Bethnal Green69
Kensington71
Bermondsey73
Holborn76
Shoreditch80
London, City81
County of London60
England and Wales69