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Bethnal Green 1926
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926
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During the year 411 children under the age of 5
were nursed, a total of 3,604 visits being made at a
cost of £150 3s. 4d. Of this expenditure, £65 1s. 8d.
was expenditure under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.
Thirty-eight mothers received 409 visits for
nursing in connection with conditions incidental to
child-bearing, the cost being £17 0s. 10d.
Thirty-seven adults and children over 5 received
376 visits for nursing at a cost of £15 13s. 4d.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
One hundred and seventy-eight deaths of Bethnal
Green infants under one year of age took place during
the year. This is equal to a rate of infantile mortality
of 71.1 per 1,000 births.
Comparison with previous years is as follows :—
| Comparison with previous years is as follows :— | |
| 1916 | 106.0 |
| 1917 | 112.0 |
| 1918 | 129.0 |
| 1919 | 85.0 |
| 1920 | 95.0 |
| 1921 | 98.2 |
| 1922 | 90.2 |
| 1923 | 68.7 |
| 1924 | 78.0 |
| 1925 | 80.6 |
So far as can be ascertained, 168 of the deaths
were those of legitimate infants and 10 those of illegitimate
infants. Accordingly, we have the following
figures for Infantile Mortality:—
Infantile Mortality (legitimate) 68.6
do. do. (illegitimate) 185.1
do. do. (all infants) 71.1