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The principal causes of death were:—
Phthisis 6
Cancer 5
Cerebral Haemorrhage 5
Heart Disease 5
Enteritis and Diarrhoea 6
Apart from Phthisis and Pneumonia, there were no deaths from infectious
diseases.
The following list gives the number of deaths occurring at the various
periods of life.
Infancy (under one year) 7
Youth (up to 25 years) 7
Middle age (25 to 45 years) 6
Later Life (45 to 65 years) 16
Old age (over 65 years) 16
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The total number of deaths that occurred among infants under one year
of age was 7. Therefore the infantile mortality rate, that is to say, the proportion
of deaths under one year of age per 1000 children born is again remarkably low,
namely 51'47, a figure which compares very favourably with past years. The rate for
all England and Wales for 1921 was 83. The corresponding figures for Hayes
for the last four years were :—
1920 47'24
1919 111.1
1918 90.0
1917 707
To the courtesy of Mr. E. J. Burridge, registrar, I am indebted for the
following data regarding vaccination and poor law relief.
VACCINATION.
Number of children Vaccinated 49
Number of exemption certificates granted 60