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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

London County Council 1948

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

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11
INFANT MORTALITY
MORTALITY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS

Table: compared with a rate of 18.1 in 1947. Comparative rates for London and England and Wales in recent years are:—

compared with a rate of 18.1 in 1947. Comparative rates for London and England and Wales in recent years are:—

LondonEngland and Wales
1931-3525131.4
1936-4022.929.0
194128.428.5
194224.727.0
194323.425.3
194423.124.5
194523.024.7
194622.224.2
194718.122.7
194817.519.8

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The more intense degree of adversity in London during the war is reflected by
the steep rise in the London rate in 1941, and the narrowing of the margin between