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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Special Hospitals—Continued.

Special Hospitals—Continued.

London Jewish, Stepney Green10Queen Mary's, West Ham2
Mildmay Memorial, Mildmay Park2Royal Chest, City Road3
Queen's for Children, Hackney Road9Royal London Ophthalmic, City Road2
Queen Mary's, Carshalton3Royal National, Yentnor1
Queen Mary's, Chislehurst2St. Margaret's, Hampstead1
Queen Mary's, Roehampton180
Other Institutions.
Various nursing homes, etc.40

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of 124 children under the age of twelve months were
allocated to Hackney by the Registrar-General during 1937. This
number of deaths gives an infantile mortality rate of 43.4 per
1,000 live births, which is the lowest rate ever recorded in
the Borough.

Table: The following is a table of the infantile deaths and death rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1937, together with the infantile death rates in five-year periods.

The following is a table of the infantile deaths and death rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1937, together with the infantile death rates in five-year periods.

District.1937. Number of deaths of children under 1 year of age.Infantile Mortality Kate.Infantile Mortality Rates in five year periods.
1932-36.1927-31.
England and Wales34,91758.06167
London3,26560.06364
Hackney12443.45459