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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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7
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The number of births again increased, and the infant
mortality rate was the lowest ever recorded in the Borough.

Table: The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births since 1906:—

The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births since 1906:—

Year.Births.Deaths of Infants.Deaths of Infants per 1000 births.
Average 1906-19133000359117
„ 1914-1923263923088
„ 1924-1933214514166
1934178313777
1935187713170
1936192211660
1937191313068
1938187411762
193918297743*
194016007651†
194114055241‡
194215899459
1943176810258
194417889553
194517427845
1946231010345
194725599738
* Rate calculated on a birth figure supplied by the Registrar-General of 1,781.
† Rate calculated on a birth figure supplied by the Registrar-General of 1,501.
‡ Rate calculated on a birth figure supplied by the Registrar-General of 1,253.