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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

Wandsworth 1954

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

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VITAL STATISTICS 13
Infantile Mortality
The number of deaths under one year was 85, the infantile
mortality-rate being 19.1 per 1,000 births. This compares with a rate
of 23 for 1953, and 20 for 1952, and is the lowest rate ever recorded.
For the ten years ended 1944 the average infantile mortality rate
was 48 while for the ten years ended 1954 the average rate was 26.
Maternal Mortality
Two deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy or
child-birth. This is equivalent to a rate of 0.44 for 1,000 live and still
births, compared with 0.43 in 1953.