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 Southwark, Borough of]
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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 95
during the year 1919.
The deaths under one year of age to 1,000 births for the last twenty-five years were as follows:—
| 1895 | 201 | 1908 | 131 |
| 1896 | 192 | 1909 | 119 |
| 1897 | 187 | 1910 | 115 |
| 1898 | 190 | 1911 | 145 |
| 1899 | 199 | 1912 | 105 |
| 1900 | 192 | 1913 | 115 |
| 1901 | 168 | 1914 | 123 |
| 1902 | 166 | 1915 | 132 |
| 1903 | 148 | 1916 | 98 |
| 1904 | 174 | 1917 | 111 |
| 1905 | 148 | 1918 | 124 |
| 1906 | 144 | 1919 | 95 |
| 1907 | 142 |
The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty-five
years is 146.