Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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metropolitan infantile death rate has risen to 110 as
against 104 for the previous year.
(See table of Infantile Death Rates.)
INFANTILE DEATH RATES. The following table compares the total infantile death rates during the last ten years for Bethnal Green with the rates for London as a whole.
| Year. | Bethnal Green. | London. |
|---|---|---|
| 1906 | 157 | 130 |
| 1907 | 138 | 116 |
| 1908 | 132 | 113 |
| 1909 | 129 | 108 |
| 1910 | 123 | 103 |
| 1911 | 123 | 128 |
| 1912 | 96 | 90 |
| 1913 | 117 | 105 |
| 1914 | 137 | 104 |
| 1915 | 118 | 110 |
| Averages for ten years | 127 | 111 |