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The largest number of deaths is attributable to premature birth
and to its associated conditions. One out of every 25 children
born in the borough is born prematurely, and dies from this cause.
In previous reports, instances have been given which go to show
that these premature births are the result of wilful and deliberate
action on the part of the parents.
Bronchitis and Pneumonia—diseases of exposure, and insufficient
or improper clothing—are responsible for an infant mortality
of 26 per 1,000 births, or one out of every 40 children born in the
Borough dies before it is a year old from these diseases.
Gastritis, Diarrhoea and Enteritis—diseases of dirty or improper
conditions of feeding.—give an infant mortality of 24 per 1,000
births, or approximately one death in every 41 births.
Overlying, in 7 years, has caused the deaths of 131 children—
an infant mortality of 6.8 per 1,000 births.
It will be noted that the mortalities due to the usual infectious
diseases and to the various forms of tuberculosis are comparatively
small.