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The cases of rickets are of a severe type and entail much deformity; they
occur among bottle-fed babies and those who have been breast-fed for more
than twelve months.
The Committee have been fortunate in obtaining the voluntary services of
Miss Dodd, an experienced masseuse, whose treatment has been of great benefit
to these children.
The cases of wasting require constant attention, which is often impossible
under existing home conditions; the hospitals within easy reach of the district
are few; they have been extensively devoted to military needs, and cannot take
any but urgent cases; it has therefore been deemed advisable to hasten the
opening of a small ward for these cases, and the first resident patient, aged six
months, was received on November 22, 1916. The Committee will welcome
contributions towards the endowment or maintenance of cots, which may be
named by the donor.
The national character of Infant Welfare Work needs no emphasis; it
contributes to the well-being of the children of our soldiers.
In the West Islington Centre voluntary helpers are urgently needed; they
will be able to gain valuable experience among the mothers and children. No
less urgent is the need of money. Inquiries and subscriptions should be
addressed to Blanche, Lady Dodsworth, Hon. Secretary, West Islington
Infant Welfare Centre 44, Richmond Road, Islington, N.l.
DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Within the Borough.—2,148 persons died in the Public Institutions
located in Islington, of whom only 1,460 belonged to this borough, the
remaining 688 having come here for treatment or relief. Among the latter
were 501 persons who died in the Holborn Infirmary and 74 who died in the
Great Northern Central Hospital.
Of the 1,460 deaths of inhabitants, 1,027 occurred in the Islington
Infirmary, 291 in the Islington Workhouses, and 100 in the Great Northern
Central Hospital. The proportion which the 1,460 deaths in these public
institutions bore to the borough mortality was 30.7 per cent.
Without the Borough.—775 deaths of persons belonging to Islington
were registered as occurring in Public Institutions in districts of London
outside the borough. They included, among others, 35 in the Northwestern
Fever Hospital, 52 in the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street,
101 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 50 in the Colney Hatch Asylum, 49 in
the Royal Free Hospital, 39 in the University College Hospital, 35 in the
North-Eastern Fever Hospital, 30 in the Middlesex Hospital, and 28 in the
Claybury Asylum.