Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 98
during the year 1916.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last twenty-two years were as follows:—
1895 | 201 | 1906 | 144 |
1896 | 192 | 1907 | 142 |
1897 | 187 | 1908 | 131 |
1898 | 190 | 1909 | 119 |
1899 | 199 | 1910 | 115 |
1900 | 192 | 1911 | 145 |
1901 | 168 | 1912 | 105 |
1902 | 166 | 1913 | 115 |
1903 | 148 | 1914 | 123 |
1904 | 174 | 1915 | 132 |
1905 | 148 | 1916 | 98 |
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty-two
years is 151.