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Islington 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1908]

Table: In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—

In England and Wales, in the seven greatest towns, and in the boroughs surrounding Islington, the infantile mortality rates were as follows:—

England and Wales121 per 1,000 births
Rural Districts110 „
76 Great Towns128 „
142 Smaller Towns124 „
London113 „
Birmingham144 „
Liverpool141 „
Manchester151 „
Leeds137 „
Bristol126 „
Sheffield140 „
The Encircling Boroughs.Hornsey62 „
Stoke Newington92 „
Hackney115 „
Shoreditch139 „
Finsbury133 „
St. Pancras107 „
The Encircling Boroughs115 „
Islington103