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Willesden 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Infant Mortality of Illegitimate Infants .—The following Table, No. 40, shows the number of deaths of illegitimate infants and infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate births in Willesden since 1904:—

Table No. 40.

year.No. of deaths of illegitimate infants tinder one year.No. of deaths of illegitimate infants under one year per 1,000 illegitimate births.
190450463
190550467
190622176
190727216
190838404
190930231
19102082
191143312
191222169
191319204
191422218
191526190

Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915. —The Notification of Births Act, 1907, was adopted in this district in 1908, and the following Table, No. 41, shows the number of births notified in each complete year since its adoption, together with certain other particulars:—

Table No. 41.

Total number of births notified.Number of stillbirths notified.Number of births registered.
Attended by doctors.Attended by mid wives.Total.
1909222015283748954172
1910207213183390793923
1911226614283694884001
1912232413473671924075
19132273127735501044037
19142207123234391184115
1915206711253192833775