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London boroughs with highest & lowest Infant mortality rates
The table below shows the London boroughs with the highest and lowest rates of Infant Mortality in the year 2006 using Office of National Statistics data.
| Borough | Live births | Infant deaths | Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births |
| Five Boroughs with highest rates of infant mortality in London | |||
| Enfield | 4543 | 33 | 7.3 [Edmonton incinerator in Borough] |
| Newham | 5523 | 40 | 7.2 [SELCHP incinerator upwind] |
| Waltham Forest | 4185 | 29 | 6.9 [Edmonton incinerator upwind] |
| Southwark | 4753 | 32 | 6.7 [Denmark Hill incinerator upwind, SELCHP incinerator in adjacent Borough] |
| Brent | 4700 | 31 | 6.6 [St Mark's Hospital incinerator in NW corner of Borough, Hillingdon Hospital incinerator upwind; Colnbrook incinerator upwind when working] |
Five Boroughs with lowest rates of infant mortality in London | |||
| Kensington & Chelsea | 2322 | 3 | 1.3 [no incinerator in Borough and none in an adjacent upwind Borough] |
| Richmond upon Thames | 2767 | 5 | 1.8 *** |
| Barnet | 4833 | 14 | 2.9 *** |
| Hounslow | 3829 | 12 | 3.1 *** |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2046 | 7 | 3.4 *** |
| *** note that some wards in these Boroughs are affected by emissions from upwind incinerators after displacement of pollution plume by Heathrow aircraft. | |||