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increased care on the part of mothers for their young offspring.
Where a poor mother has got a large family, with very little
interval between the births, it is quite impossible for her to give
the individual attention which can be given to a small family,
and that itself is sufficient to account for the reduction. Another
fact which accounts for the low infantile mortality is the absence
of any epidemic in measles or whooping cough.
Infantile Mortality.
The figure for this is 76 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
Table A.—Infantile Mortality.
Year.
Whole Borough.
London.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
131
11,869
105
1913
505
487
537
129
11,395
104
1914
11,369
1915
154
104
8,819
1916
364
108
88
8,273
103
1917
335
125
7,965
107
1918
322
139
99
7,039
85
1919
262
1920
337
83
75
-
306
95
80
1921
-
324
102
-
1922
-
-
Average for years
1913 — 1922
-
377
116
-
1923
220
76
-
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There has been a decrease in the deaths from these diseases,
the figures being 125 against 292 in the previous year, and 231
the average for the last 10 years. This gives a zymotic deathrate
of 1.02.