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in the City of London, 109 in Holborn, and 113 in Hampstead,
while the highest rates were 157 in Bethnal Green, 172 in
Bermondsey, 174 in South wark, and 188 in Shoreditch.
In England and Wales the rate of infantile mortality was
146 per 1,000, and in the 70 great towns it averaged 160 per
1,000.
In the several wards of the borough the infantile mortality
was as under:—

Infantile mortality in Fulham is always high, and as will be
seen from the following charts, although the mortality at all ages
is usually lower than that of the County of London, the infantile
mortality has, excepting in 1900 and 1903, been always above that
of the metropolis.
The question of the advisability of providing a municipal
milk depot in the Borough, with the view of endeavouring to reduce
the infantile mortality, and especially that from Diarrhoea, has
been under the consideration of the Public Health Committee, but
in view of the fact that judging from the experience of places
where they have been tried the cost to the rates would amount to
some £600 or £700 a year, the Committee have not felt justified
in recommending the Council to establish one at present.
Of other methods of endeavouring to reduce infantile
mortality the plan which has been adopted by some sanitary