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 Hendon]
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The infant deaths were distributed throughout the wards of the Borough as follows:-
Burnt Oak | 12 |
Garden Suburb | 5 |
Childs Hill | 5 |
West Hendon | 4 |
Mill Hill | 3 |
Central | 3 |
Golders Green | 3 |
Edgware | 3 |
Park | 2 |
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TABLE I.
The following table shows the Infantile Mortality Rates over various years
Year. | Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live bixths. | |
---|---|---|
1900 | 133 | |
1910 | 80 | |
1920 | 47 | |
1930 | 50 | |
1940 | 54 | |
1941 | 57 | |
1942 | 34 | |
1943 | 39 | |
1944 | 32 | |
1945 | 29 | |
1946 | 29 | |
1947 | 27 | |
1948 | 21 | |
1949 | 22 | |
1950 | 16 | |
1951 | 22 | |
1952 | 21 | |
1953 | 16 | |
1954 | 21 | |
1955 | 21 |