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So far as can be ascertained, 133 of the deaths
were those of legitimate infants and 3 those of illegitimate
infants. Accordingly we have the following
figures for Infantile Mortality:—
Infantile Mortality (legitimate) 57.7
do. do. (illegitimate) 58.8
do. do. (all infants) 57.7
The most noteworthy comparisons with the previous
years' figures are the absence of mortality from
Measles (unfortunately counterbalanced by a number
of deaths from Whooping Cough) and the substantial
reduction of mortality from the Developmental diseases
(37 as compared with 66).
It is particularly satisfactory to record the latter
in view of the stress laid on this aspect of infant
mortality by my predecessor. The following figures,
furnished to the National Baby Week Council in
connection with their neo-natal (i.e. deaths of children
less than one month old) death rate reduction award
for 1927, may also be of interest:
Area, Name
BETHNAL GREEN
Whether County Borough,
Borough, or Urban District
Metropolitan Borough
Population (Mid 1927, as per
Registrar-General's Return)
117,900