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109
All births, including those occurring in out-lying districts
but belonging to the Borough and still births 3,706
Notified by doctors 520
,, midwives 2,162
„ parents and other persons 895
Stillborn 91
Died before visit 83
Not requiring or not desiring visits 369
Visited 3,163
Removed and not traced 450
Died during visitation 215
Remaining under supervision end of first year of birth 2,498
Mortality per 1,000 births 106.5
Still births per 1,000 births 24.5
Mortality per 1,000 visited 79.2
,, „ delivered in Institutions 1141
„ ,, „ by doctors 74.4
,, ,, ,, midwives 79.9
Percentage of still births delivered in institutions 6.3
„ „ „ by doctors 3.3
„ „ „ by midwives 1.6
The feeding of the infants visited during the first fix months of
life was as follows:—
(1) Those alive at end of completed year (December, 1917):—
Breast-fed 76.9 per cent.
Mixed feeding 18.3 „
Hand-fed 1.9 „
(2) Those who died:—
Breast-fed 60.0 per cent
Mixed feeding 34.4 „
Hand-fed 5.5 „
(3) Comparison of Rates of Mortality between infants:—
Breast-fed 6.0 per cent.
Mixed feeding 13.9 „
Hand-fed 20.0