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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

Southwark 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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VACCINATION.
The percentage of infants vaccinated whose births were registered
during 1909 was 60.
The number of exemptions applied for during 1909 was 400, and the
number accepted as valid 337, as against 300 applied for in 1908, and
accepted as valid 262.
DEATHS of INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 119
during the year 1909.

Table: The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last 17 years were as follows:

The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last 17 years were as follows:

18931781901168
18941631902166
18952011903148
18961921904174
18971871905148
18981901906144
18991991907142
19001921908131
1909119

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The average number of Infantile deaths for the last seventeen years
is 168.