Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Mortality among Young Children. The following table shows the Infantile Mortality rate and the death rate among children under five years of age. The latter rate is calculated upon a period of five years:—
Year. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths of Children under 5 years of age. | ||
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No. | Rate per 1000 births. | No. | Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years. | |
1910 | 81 | 60 | 132 | 19•2 |
1911 | 105 | 82 | 152 | 22•7 |
1912 | 79 | 62 | 131 | 19•8 |
1913 | 91 | 69 | 149 | 22•7 |
1914 | 91 | 72 | 129 | 20•0 |
1915 | 101 | 76 | 144 | 22•2 |
1916 | 73 | 62 | 94 | 14•7 |
1917 | 90 | 80 | 122 | 19•6 |
1918 | 69 | 77 | 109 | 18•8 |
1919 | 96 | 83 | 120 | 21•2 |
1920 | 75 | 48 | 101 | 17•1 |
1921 | 88 | 65 | 126 | 20•7 |
Deaths among Legitimate and Illegitimate Infants.
The following comparative tables indicate the great disproportion in the deaths of legitimate and illegitimate infants : —
Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 legitimate Dirtbs. | Illegitimate Infants. | Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||
1908 | 1,326 | 87 | 66 | 29 | 10 | 345 |
1909 | 1,239 | 88 | 71 | 43 | n | 256 |
1910 | 1,233 | 71 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 278 |
1911 | 1,239 | 94 | 76 | 37 | 11 | 297 |
1912 | 1,207 | 68 | 56 | 74 | 11 | 149 |
1913 | 1,252 | 73 | 58 | 73 | 18 | 246 |
1914 | 1,218 | 77 | 63 | 55 | 14 | 254 |
1915 | 1,246 | 82 | 65 | 81 | 19 | 234 |
1916 | 1,088 | 65 | 59 | 76 | 8 | 105 |
1917 | 1,052 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 16 | 225 |
1918 | 797 | 56 | 70 | 98 | 13 | 132 |
1919 | 1,039 | 77 | 74 | 117 | 19 | 162 |
1920 | 1,478 | 62 | 42 | 88 | 13 | 148 |
1921 | 1,259 | 71 | 56 | 83 | 17 | 205 |