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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 1925
[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 77
daring the year 1925.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last thirty
years were as follows:—
1896 192 1911 145
1897 187 1912 105
1898 190 1913 115
1899 199 1914 123
1900 192 1915 132
1901 168 1916 98
1902 166 1917 Ill
1903 148 1918 124
1904 174 1919 95
1905 148 1920 86
1906 144 1921 90
1907 142 1922 79
1908 131 1923 68
1909 119 1924 .. 71
1910 115 1925 77
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last thirty years
is 131.