Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 5.
Death Rates for the last Ten Years for the Three Divisions of the Borough as formerly existed.
Newington. | St. George's. | Christchurch and St. Saviour's. | Whole Borough | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1928 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 12.7 |
1929 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
1930 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 15.2 |
1931 | 13.7 | 14.5 | 15.6 | 14.0 |
1932 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.1 |
1933 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 13.9 |
1934 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 13.5 |
1935 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
1936 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 13.1 |
1937 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 15.5 | 14.1 |
TABLE 6.
DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 64 during the year 1937.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last ten years were as follows:—
1928 | 70 | 1933 | 63 |
1929 | 81 | 1934 | 77 |
1930 | 57 | 1935 | 66 |
1931 | 61 | 1936 | 59 |
1932 | 72 | 1937 | 64 |
The average Infantile death rate for the last ten years is 67.