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Woolwich 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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must be held to a large extent responsible for this serious
condition of things, it cannot but occasion grave anxiety.
INFANT MORTALITY.
16. The deaths under 1 year were 268, compared with
239 in 1914. The infant mortality (deaths under 1 year per
1,000 births) was 95. This is the highest rate since 1911.

Table: The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London and England :—

The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough since 1901, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London and England :—

1901 to 1905.1906 to 1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.
Lewisham1129210470787480
Greenwich1071121298410398101
West Ham158126141102107108112
East Ham13110611971646382
Erith112807069819173
London13811412890105104112
97 Great Towns—127140101116113117
England & Wales13511513093109105110
Woolwich Borough119979873808495

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Four Metropolitan Boroughs only had a lower infantile
mortality than Woolwich, viz. : Hampstead, Lewisham,
Wandsworth and Westminster.
17. The following table gives the infantile mortality during
the past five years, and the five preceding Quinquennia in
the Borough and each Registration District :—