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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 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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The infant mortality rates of the London Boroughs varies
from 38 in Lambeth to 90 in Holborn.
The following Chart shows the Infantile Mortality rate for the years
1903-1926.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders, 1918-1919.—Under
these orders the Council has continued to supply milk to
necessitous cases, each case being investigated, especially as
to the financial position, before a supply is granted.
6,044 lbs. of dried milk and 100 quarts of raw milk were
distributed during the year.
The number of applications for free milk has averaged
22 per week during the year. The total expenditure during