Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE II.
Years. | Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living. | Deaths of Children under 1 year: per centage to Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Total Births. | Deaths of Children under 5years: per cent. to Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths. |
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1879 | 14.35 | 26.48 | 12.10 | 40.40 | 6.33 |
1878 | 16.65 | 29.30 | 14.66 | 42.91 | 6.90 |
1877 | 14.89 | 27.33 | 12.56 | 39.51 | 7.90 |
1870 | 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 |
Average of 10 years, 1869—1878 | 15.79 | 28.52 | 13.93 | 41.91 | 6.03 |