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E. G. C.—Was admitted to the depot in a wasting condition, and
made very unsatisfactory progress. Diarrhoea and vomiting at
intervals. It was admitted into hospital, and remained there two
days, being discharged as cured. It was then fed on whey and
brandy, and died four days later. This child had the depot milk
altogether for 3 weeks.
A. B.—This child was on the depot from birth. It progressed well
in spite of frequent attacks of bronchitis, gaining on an average
4½ ozs. per week. When 10 months old, an attack of bronchopneumonia
terminated fatally.
J. H. P.—Was admitted in June in a very wasted condition. Child
made no progress at all, and had attacks of diarrhœa and sickness
at intervals. Died at the end of July. "Diarrhœa and vomiting"
being the certified cause.
No satisfactory method has been found of calculating a rate for
comparative purposes from the number of deaths of depot-fed children.
The plan usually adopted is to give the rate as per 1,000 depot-fed
children, and calculated in this way the Finsbury depôt infantile
mortality rate is 49 per 1,000, the corrected rate (our own) for the
Borough being 137 per 1,000 births.
As already noted, the number of children remaining on the depôt
at the end of 1908 was 51. The number discontinuing the milk was
therefore 154. In this figure there are included the 10 who died.
The accompanying table (P) contains particulars with regard to the
time the use of the milk was continued, and the reasons accounting
for the discontinuance:—