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Table showing deaths and death-rates of infants and of children
under five years of age:—
Year.
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.
1910
81
60
132
19.2
1911
105
82
152
22.7
1912
79
62
131
19.8
1913
91
69
149
22.7
1914
91
72
129
20.0
1915
101
76
144
22.2
1916
73
62
94
14.7
1917
90
80
122
19.6
1918
69
77
109
18.8
1919
96
83
120
21.2
1920
75
48
101
17.1
1921
88
65
126
20.7
1922
72
56
106
16.9
1923
54
44
71
10.8
1924
66
56
95
14.3
The following table, taken from the statistics of the RegistrarGeneral,
shows the Infantile Mortality Rate in the Metropolitan Cities
and Boroughs, the County of London, and England and Wales during
the 53 weeks ended 3rd January, 1925. This is a different period to
that covered by my Annual Report; but the table is useful for comparative
purposes.
District,
Deaths under 1 year
per 1000 births.
District.
Deaths under 1 year
per 1000 births.
Lewisham 47
Hampstead 52
Stoke Newington 56
Wandsworth 56
City of Westminster 58
Hackney 60
Battersea 62
Chelsea 63
Woolwich 65
Islington 66
Lambeth 66
Camberwell 70
Poplar 71
Southwark 71
Fulham 72
Hammersmith 72
St. Pancras 73
Deptford 74
Greenwich 74
Stepney 75
Kensington 76
Bermondsey 77
Bethnal Green 78
Finsbury 78
Paddington 78
St. Marylebone 78
Holborn 83
Shoreditch 83
London, City 115
County of London 69
England and Wales 75