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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table IX. gives the comparative figures of infantile mortality for the last ten years for the whole of the Borough, and for each of the five Parishes.
TABLE IX.
Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1915 | 92 | 78 | 76 | 104 | 104 | 92 | |
1916 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 109 | 92 | 78 | |
1917 | 74 | 83 | 73 | 110 | 104 | 89 | |
1918 | 107 | 97 | 71 | 99 | 90 | 89 | |
1919 | 65 | 112 | 58 | 58 | 68 | 66 | |
1920 | 63 | 69 | 60 | 69 | 65 | 64 | |
1921 | 66 | 80 | 61 | 79 | 71 | 67 | |
1922 | 63 | 37 | 56 | 81 | 61 | 60 | |
1923 | 50 | 40 | 49 | 50 | 63 | 55 | 52 |
1924 | 46 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 62 | 63 | 57 |
Average for 10 years | 69 | 72 | 62 | 83 | 77 | 71 | |
1925 | 54 | 64 | 38 | 42 | 63 | 57 | 52 |
No. of deaths under 1 year, 1925 | 50 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 83 | 258 |