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Conference. A very important meeting of representatives from all
parts was held at the City Guildhall on 26th October. The proceedings were
based on the text of "Saving the Future," and eminent speakers on the subject
addressed a crowded audience of persons interested, or who ought to be
interested, in Child Welfare. My Council refused to appoint a representative.
Our attention was called to the meeting by a letter of 4th January, 1916, from
the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality, requesting the
Chairman of the Council to follow the precedent of the Lord Mayor of London
by giving, not only his personal support to this national movement, but making
it a special feature for his year of office by initiating and presiding in the
District at a meeting similar to that held in the Guildhall.
Nett births during the year legitimate, 1605; illegitimate, 61.
Nett deaths during the year legitimate infants, 165 ; illegitimate infants, 21.