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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
Lewisham 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE II.
Annual Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children and
Deaths in Public Institutions.
Years.
Annual
Rate of
Mortality
per 1000
living.
Deaths of
Children
under 1
year: percentage
to
Total
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths
of Children
under 1
year to
Total
Births.
Deaths of
Children
under 5
years: per
cent. to
Total
Deaths.
Percentage
of Deaths
in Public
Institutions
to
Total
Deaths.
1878
16.65
29.30
14.66
42.91
6.90
1877
14.89
27.33
12.56
39.51
7.90
1876
16.33
27.64
13.90
44.30
6.09
1875
16.40
27.91
14.16
37.56
4.93
1874
15.03
27.90
13.41
39.66
5.10
1873
14.52
26.55
11.80
40.45
5.82
1872
14.84
27.54
12.82
43.27
5.33
1871
16.29
28.83
14.93
44.17
4.17
1870
17.00
28.78
14.80
40.20
7.32
1869
15.97
33.46
16.27
47.09
6.75
1808
17.40
29.83
15.00
44.41
4.07
Average of
10 years,
1868—1877
15.86
28.57
13.96
42.06
5.74