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London County Council 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Infant mortality. The deaths of children under one. year of age in the administrative county of London during 1901 (52 weeks) numbered 19,412, being in the proportion of 148 per 1,000 births. The proportion in each year since 1890 has been as follows—

Infant mortality. The deaths of children under one. year of age in the administrative county of London during 1901 (52 weeks) numbered 19,412, being in the proportion of 148 per 1,000 births. The proportion in each year since 1890 has been as follows—

Year.Deaths under one year per 1,000 births.
18911531
18921541
18931631
18941431
18951651
18961601
18971581
18981661
18991661
19001581
19011481

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The following table enables comparison to be made of the infant mortality in London
and other large English towns—

Table: Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births.

Towns.1891-1900.1901.Towns.1891-1900.1901.
London16021492Nottingham183193
Manchester190199Bradford171168
Liverpool191188Hull179175
Birmingham187187Salford204204
Leeds179188West Ham167171
Sheffield1852Leicester195175
Bristol147131Newcastle174178

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London had therefore, in the period 1891-1900 and in 1901, a lower infant mortality than
anv of these towns excent Bristol.

Table: The following table shows the deaths under one year of age and the number of these deaths per 1,000 births in each of the metropolitan boroughs—

The following table shows the deaths under one year of age and the number of these deaths per 1,000 births in each of the metropolitan boroughs—

Metropolitan boroughs.Deaths under one year of pge, 1901.Deaths under one year of age per 1,000 births, 1901.
Paddington457136
Kensington587163
Hammersmith507168
Fulham700152
Chelsea225138
Westminster, City ot435135
St. Marylebone427107
Hampstead154104
St. Pancras973154
Islington1,291140
Stoke Newington127115
Hackney855135
Holborn208124
Finsbury539142
London, City of64175
Shoreditch810197
Bethnal-green704153
Stepney1,811163
Poplar959165
Southwark1,153168
Bermondsey754169
Lambeth1,268139
Battersea817163
Wandsworth809132
Camberwell1,036142
Deptford496146
Greenwich362130
Lewisham427129
Woolwich457129
London19,4121481

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1 See footnote (1), page 9. 2 See footnote (2), page 9.