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not live long enough to take any food, 39 were being artificially fed, and 453 were
being breast fed at the time of the first visit, about a fortnight after birth. A
large number of revisits were made, particularly in the cases of children who
were not breast fed, and especially those who were feeding on modified milk.
(2) Notification of Births Act. 1907.

During the same period 869 births were registered in the Borough; the
corrected number of births of residents was 798.
(3) Modified Milk for Infants.
In my Annual Report for 1906 I gave a detailed report respecting this
matter and the arrangements made with the Express Dairy Company, who have
various depots in and near the Borough to supply modified milk for infants of the
working classes at the reduced rate of 4d. per day on production of a certificate
from me'. During the year 65 new certificates were issued, of which 58 were
used. Including 27 children who were taking the milk at the beginning of the
year 1913, the milk was used by 85 children during the year, in comparison with
86 during the previous year. In the majority of cases the infants thrived well on
the milk. In a number of cases the use of the milk was after various periods and
for various reasons discontinued.
There were 7 deaths of the 85 infants who had been taking prepared milk
during the year, 5 of which were at 9 months old and upwards, the causes of
death being:—Of 2 measles, 1 tneningitis, 1 pneumonia, and 1 bronchitis. The
remaining 2 died at 3 months old, 1 of marasmus, the other of enteritis.