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 5 years: per cent, to Total Deaths. | Percentage of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths. |
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1884 | 13.92 | 26.12 | 12.52 | 40.90 | 6.48 |
1883 | 13.56 | 29.18 | 13.12 | 39.83 | 6.08 |
1882 | 14.58 | 26.09 | 12.46 | 41.48 | 8.79 |
1881 | 15.04 | 25.46 | 12.46 | 37.73 | 5.66 |
1880 | 15.62 | 28.55 | 14.15 | 41.93 | 5.88 |
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 |
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 |
Average of 10 years, 1874—1883 | 15.24 | 27.58 | 13.29 | 40.53 | 6.36 |