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times the number of deaths this year. The exact numbers
are 23 for 1912 and 72 for 1913. But lung diseases also
caused a larger number of infant deaths, namely 62 for last
year, 90 for this.
There is some satisfaction, however, in being able to
record a very considerable fall in the deaths from
Prematurity and the debilitating ailments of infancy.
Whereas the deaths from these causes in 1912 numbered 112,
in 1913 they numbered only 86.
I am confident that the saving of life in respect of those
children born prematurely or whose environmental conditions
seriously prejudiced the chances of survival, is largely due to
the vigilance given and assistance afforded by the female
staff, who visit the parents of the new-born. With the
attention that they give personally and with the aid of such
charitable agencies as they can invoke, there seems to be no
reason why any child born in Tottenham should die from
neglect.
The weekly weighing of babies meets with increasing
favour, but, unfortunately, the parents that we are most
anxious should bring their infants to be weighed are those
who show the greatest reluctance to attend.
The mothers' dinners are well attended, and the scope
of the Mothers' Welcome is being extended. The Doctors
who attend give their valuable services willingly, the
mothers receive a wholesome meal at little cost, and sewing
classes are held where mothers are advised how they can