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1907
our homes and keep the children's food in cool places and free from dust,
then the mortality amongst the little ones will be proportionately small.
As the figures on this subject are certain to be required at no distant
date, when this matter of infantile mortality again arises for discussion, for
it cannot be permanently put aside, they are herewith given for a period
extending from 1830 to the present time.
nfantile Mortality Returns, extracted from the Annual Reports of tin
Registrar General, 18391855, and from the Annual Reports of tin
Medical Officer of Health of Islington, 18561907.
Years.
Births.
Deaths
under
1 year old.
Deaths
per 1,000
Births.
18391845 (7 years)
6,429
942
146
1846
2,152
330
153
1847
2,318
348
150
1848
2,529
386
152
1849
2,613
441
168
1850
3,015
360
119
1851
3.033
457
151
1852
3,462
457
132
1853
3,701
571
154
1854
3,964
604
152
1855
4,148
605
146
1846.1855
30,935
4,559
147
1856
4,309
612
142
1857
4,591
642
I40
1858
4,56o
648
I42
1859
4,997
665
133
1860
5,184
747
144
1861
5,526
748
135
1862
5,580
725
130
1863
6,164
906
I47
1864
6,317
969
153
1865
6,747
1,088
l6l
1856.1865
53,975
7,750
144