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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

Hackney 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: from all causes and the death rates of infants under one year of age in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the City of London for the year 1912:—

from all causes and the death rates of infants under one year of age in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the City of London for the year 1912:—

Boroughs.Death-rate from all causes per 1,000 living (corrected).Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births.
County of London13.691
Lewisham10.270
Wandsworth10.276
Hampstead10.462
Stoke Newington11.572
Woolwich11.973
Hackney12.380
Battersea12.384
Paddington12.398
Cambcrwell12.783
Kensington12.991
Greenwich12.984
Deptford13.089
Hammersmith13.090
Lambeth13.086
City of Westminster13.084
Fulham13.294
Chelsea13.868
Islington14.087
City of London14.081
St. Marylebone14.193
St. Pancras14.688
Holborn15.480
Bethnal Green16.996
Stepney15.9105
Poplar16.2107
Bermondsey16.8111
Southwark16.8105
Finsbury18.6114
Shoreditch18.7123

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The measures taken during the year for dealing with the
problem of infant mortality are dealt with in another part of this
report (see page 18), but, as may be seen from the rate of infant
mortality for the period in question, satisfactory progress has been
made.
Detailed reference to the preventive measures taken in connection
with the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis is made in
a later part of this report (see page 70).