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Birth Rate.— The Birth rate was 7.3 per 1,000
persons, based on a nett number of 101 births.
Vaccination.—71 out of 312 births notified to the
Public Vaccinator had been successfully vaccinated at
the end of the year.
Death Rate.—The Death rate was 20.9 per 1,000,
compared with 15-6 in the previous year.
Infantile Mortality.—The deaths of children
under one year were at the rate of 148 per 1,000 births.
Infant Visitations.—285 visits were made to the
homes of newly-born children. The Infant Welfare
Centre is now held, by arrangement with the
Governors, at St. Birtholomew's Hospital.
Causes of Death.—An analysis of the cause of
the increased mortality compared with the previous
year shows that Influenza caused 30 deaths in the
year under review, as against none in 1917; Organic
Heart Disease 31 as against 24; Broncho-Pneumonia
and other diseases of the respiratory system, 48 as
against 38; and other defined diseases, 95 as
against 86.
From these facts it will be noted that Influenza,
which was probably a contributory cause of death in
many of the other cases referred to, was the chief
factor which resulted in the increased mortality.