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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

Southall-Norwood 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]

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Table: Comparative Tables. Whole District.

Comparative Tables. Whole District.

Year.Deaths under 1 year.Births.Birth-rate per 1,000 living.Infant Mortality Rate
18922719337.2139.8
18931418934.674.0
18942718431.9146.7
18952618828.1139.5
18963120728.1149.7
18972825432.1110.2
18983225830.2112.3
18995132534.8156.1
19004435331.4124.6
19016536034.3180.5
19026246536.6133.3
19036447634.4134.4
19048557836.7147.0
19055857632.5100.6
19069662133.6154.0
19076467731.294.3
19086366029.495.4
19096568629.494.7
19106366427.694.8
19118168929.2129.3
19127366025.5110.6
19137071126.598.4
19145069825.771.6
19156961022.2110.3
19164162522.965.6
19175549116.5112.0
19183951715.575.4
19193347916.568.8
19204571623.466.8

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The infant mortality rate is the most reliable statistical evidence
of healthiness of surroundings; the figure is always accurate
because it is calculated on known numbers and not or. estimates.
To some extent the rate rises and falls with the birth-rate, and it is
largely influenced by epidemic measles, whooping cough and diarrhœa
but over a series of years it is an indication of bad sanitary circumstances
if the rate exceeds that for England and Wales.

Table: The next table shows the steady fall in your district since 1892, from an average of 135.3 to 86.4 per 1,000.

The next table shows the steady fall in your district since 1892, from an average of 135.3 to 86.4 per 1,000.

Years.Average Rate of Infant Mortality.Average Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
1892-1901135.332.2
1902-1911117.732.2
1910-1914100.426.9
1915-191986.418.7