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(2) To secure the necessary assistance so as to ensure the mother having
skilled and prompt attendance during confinement at home, or in
complicated cases at a hospital.
(3) To arrange for the treatment in hospital of complications arising after
parturition, whether in mother or infant; to give systematic advice
and treatment for infants at a baby clinic or infant dispensary and
to watch over the child's health up to the age it attends school; to
ensure the systematic home visitation of infants and of children
not on the school register.
The subject of the Board's communication was at the end of the year
receiving the careful attention of the Health Committee.
The deaths of children aged from 1 to 5 years numbered 332, of which 83 were
attributed to measles, 29 to whooping cough, 12 to diphtheria, 44 to diarrhoea and
enteritis, 35 to various forms of tuberculosis, 15 to bronchitis, .71 to pneumonia,
and 12 to various forms of violence.
Altogether 822 or 39.1 per cent, of the total number of deaths at all ages
during the year were of children under 5 years of age, as compared with
38.6 for 1913.
Of children aged from 5 to 15 years there were 100 deaths. The chief causes
were tuberculosis which accounted for 21, other infectious diseases which resulted
in 22, and violence which accounted for 19, G of which were due to street
accidents.
Of persons aged between 15 and 25 years there died 66, of whom 24 perished
from consumption.
Of persons aged from 25 to 35 years there died 103, the chief causes
being consumption, which accounted for 44, diseases of the circulatory organs
for 10, and pneumonia, which resulted in 11 deaths. Two deaths were due
to Bright's disease, and 6 to violence, 1 of which were suicidal and 1
homicidal.
Of persons aged between 35 and 45 years there were 152 deaths, of which
60 resulted from consumption, 11 from cancer, 11 from diseases of the nervous
system, 3 of which were due to general paralysis of the insane, 11 from diseases
of the heart and circulatory organs, 13 from pneumonia, 7 from diseases of the
digestive organs, 5 from Bright's disease, and 9 from violence, including 3 the
result of suicidal acts.
The deaths of persons aged from 45 to 55 years numbered 226, of which 43
were due to consumption, 29 to cancer, 33 to [diseases of the nervous system,