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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 1922
[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 79
during the year 1922.
The deaths uuder one year of age to 1,000 births for the last twentyeight
years were as follows:—
1895 201 1909 119
1896 192 1910 115
1897 187 1911 145
1898 190 1912 105
1899 199 1913 115
1900 192 1914 123
1901 168 1915 132
1902 166 1916 98
1903 148 1917 Ill
1904 174 1918 124
1905 148 1919 95
1906 144 1920 86
1907 142 1921 90
1908 131 1922 79
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty-eight
years is 140.