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At the commencement of the early part of the summer, as has
been the practice for some years, leaflets re Diarrhœa were distributed
from house to house in all the roads mentioned.
(Signed) EVELYN POCKLINGTON,
Medical Officer of Health of the Borough
Dec. ith, 1906. of Wimbledon
Infantile Mortality.— By this is meant the number of
deaths of infants under one year of age. The rate is estimated by
comparing this number with the total births and calculating the
number of deaths per thousand births.
There were 175 of these deaths, or 147 per thousand births,
which is 28 above the average rate for the previous ten years of 119.
Last year the rate was 69, the lowest on record, but it was an
exceptionally favourable year from a meteorological point of view.
The greatly increased rate is accounted for by the excessive
mortality from summer Diarrhœa, dealt with in the previous paragraphs,
wasting diseases and various other causes such as Convulsions
and Pneumonia.
Of the legitimate births 14 per cent. died before attaining one
year of age, while of the illegitimate 34 per cent. died.
South Wimbledon Day Nursery.—The number of
children received into this institution increases year by year.
The outbreak of Measles in February and March caused a
temporary decrease in the daily attendance, but the total attendances
during the year numbered 5,948, an increase of 750 on the previous
year.