§ Mr. SCURRasked the Minister of Health (on Thursday, 14th February) if he can give the death rates for each of the Metropolitan boroughs, and the infantile mortality rates for the said boroughs for the years 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 respectively.
§ Mr. WHEATLEYfurnished, the following particulars:—
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Metropolitan Borough. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. 1922. 1923.* Metropolitan Borough. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. Death Rate per 1,000 living. Death Rate (under 1 year) per 1,000 Births. City of London, Inner and Middle Temples. 18.8 158 14.3 115 14.7 71 12.0 109 14.1 61 11.5 81 10.2 — 13.9 — 3.5 — Battersea 18.7 99 12.9 74 12.4 83 12.2 74 13.2 69 10.7 48 Bermondsey 22.2 134 13.7 92 14.3 85 13.8 93 16.9 100 12.1 73 Bethnal Green 23.9 129 13.9 85 14.6 95 12.9 100 15.3 91 11.3 69 Camberwell 18.3 102 12.6 82 12.5 71 12.1 74 13.5 78 11.0 56 Chelsea 19.5 88 15.0 83 12.0 53 13.6 82 13.5 65 12.1 55 Deptford 18.0 98 13.0 86 12.6 79 12.2 88 13.8 74 10.9 58 Finsbury 23.9 109 15.3 88 15.3 77 14.8 91 16.3 82 13.1 60 Fulham 17.5 109 12.2 82 11.5 74 11.8 84 12.1 69 10.5 63 Greenwich 19.5 118 13.6 94 12.3 72 12.2 75 12.9 57 10.8 62 Hackney 18.9 112 13.1 83 13.0 81 11.5 66 12.8 73 10.6 58 Hammersmith 17.3 102 12.7 99 12.3 67 12.7 88 12.9 71 10.8 63 Hampstead 14.3 77 11.8 83 9.9 48 11.2 66 11.2 56 10.3 42 Holborn 22.7 147 16.4 96 13.9 67 12.8 79 13.3 72 12.1 76 Islington 20.5 110 14.3 86 13.7 72 13.2 82 13.9 76 11.6 66 Kensington 17.8 91 15.3 102 12.5 83 13.8 107 13.6 84 12.0 71 Lambeth 19.3 97 14.8 86 12.8 69 12.2 76 13.8 77 11.4 58 Lewisham 14.8 72 11.6 62 11.0 67 10.5 56 11.2 55 10.3 45 Paddington 19.2 116 13.3 91 11.8 78 12.1 91 13.0 70 11.5 68 Poplar 22.7 110 14.5 84 14.6 82 12.8 83 14.3 79 11.2 59 St. Marylebne 18.7 113 15.7 94 12.5 67 12.9 73 13.8 68 11.5 68 St. Pancras 22.3 102 13.4 87 13.5 74 13.0 76 14.6 74 12.0 63 Shoreditch 24.2 163 15.7 106 15.3 91 14.2 111 16.3 103 12.9 80 Southwark 23.5 126 14.9 93 14.9 87 14.3 90 15.6 79 12.8 68 Stepney 20.9 113 14.5 81 14.1 87 13.1 90 14.1 80 11.6 63 stoke Newington 18.1 93 12.9 65 13.1 80 12.1 54 13.6 67 10.6 48 Wandsworth 15.2 95 11.3 72 10.9 64 10.7 67 11.3 62 10.1 52 Westminster 16.5 108 14.4 91 11.3 73 11.7 81 12.9 55 10.5 46 Woolwich 15.6 106 12.3 86 10.9 61 11.6 62 11.6 63 9.9 43 *Provisional.