Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1918 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Year. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths of Children under 5 years of age. | ||
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No. | Rate per 1000 births. | No. | Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years. | |
1908 | 97 | 69 | 122 | 17.3 |
1909 | 99 | 74 | 148 | 21.3 |
1910 | 81 | 60 | 132 | 19.2 |
1911 | 105 | 82 | 152 | 22.7 |
1912 | 79 | 62 | 131 | 19.8 |
1913 | 91 | 69 | 149 | 22.7 |
1914 | 91 | 72 | 129 | 20.0 |
1915 | 101 | 76 | 144 | 22.2 |
1916 | 73 | 62 | 94 | 14.7 |
1917 | 90 | 80 | 122 | 19.6 |
1918 | 69 | 77 | 109 | 18.8 |
Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Death-rate per 1000 births | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||
1908 | 1,326 | 87 | 66 | 29 | 10 | 345 |
1909 | 1,239 | 88 | 71 | 43 | n | 256 |
1910 | 1,233 | 71 | 57 | 36 | 10 | 278 |
1911 | 1,239 | 94 | 76 | 37 | 11 | 297 |
1912 | 1,207 | 68 | 56 | 74 | 11 | 149 |
1913 | 1,252 | 73 | 58 | 73 | 18 | 246 |
1914 | 1,218 | 77 | 63 | 55 | 14 | 254 |
1915 | 1,246 | 82 | 65 | 81 | 19 | 234 |
1916 | 1,088 | 65 | 59 | 76 | 8 | 105 |
1917 | 1,052 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 16 | 225 |
1918 | 797 | 56 | 70 | 98 | 13 | 132 |
In spite of the special attention now being given to all illegitimate
births which come under our notice, it will be seen that the deathrate
among these children is very high. In view of the increase in the
number of illegitimate children in recent years, it is important that all
possible steps should be taken to reduce this high death-rate. For the
year under review the illegitimate births represented a rate of no less
than 109 per 1,000 births, or, broadly speaking, one in every ten.