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Southwark 1914

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

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28
VACCINATION.
The percentage of infants vaccinated of the births registered
during 1914 was 400.
The number of exemptions received during 1914 was 1122, and the
number accepted as valid 1045, as against 1083 received in 1913, and
accepted as valid 1013.
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 123
during the year 1914.

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

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

18952011905148
18961921906144
18971871907142
18981901908131
18991991909119
19001921910115
19011681911145
19021661912105
19031481913115
19041741914123
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty years is 155.