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 Bromley]
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Infant Mortality:
Males Females Total
Legitimate 23 31 54
Illegitimate 1 3 4
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 total live births 13
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live
births 13
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 14
Infant mortality rate for Greater London per
1,000 live births 17.9
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales 18
Neonatal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks
per 1,000 total live births) 9
Neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 11.7
Neonatal mortality rate for England and Wales 12
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under one
week per 1,000 total live births) 8
Early neonatal mortality rate for Greater London 10.2
Early neonatal mortality rate for England and
Wales 10
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths
under one week combined, per 1,000 total
live and stillbirths) 16
Perinatal mortality rate for Greater London 22.8
Perinatal mortality rate for England and Wales 23
Maternal Mortality:
Maternal deaths (including abortion) 3
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and
still births 0.07
Maternal mortality rate for Greater London per
1,000 live and still births 0.20
Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales
per 1,000 total births 0.19