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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 132
during the year 1915.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last twentyone
years were as follows
1895 201 1906 144
1896 192 1907 142
1897 187 1908 131
1898 190 1909 119
1899 199 1910 115
1900 192 1911 145
1901 168 1912 105
1902 166 1913 115
1003 148 1914 123
1904 174 1915 132
1905 148
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty-one
years is 154.