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An adjusting factor has been supplied by the RegistrarGeneral,
and this when applied to the Hammersmith death
rate gives a rate of 18.3, a figure which is directly comparable
with the contemporaneous crude death rate for the
country as a whole or with the mortality of any other local
area, the crude death rate of which should be similarly
modified with its own factor for the purpose.
The comparability factor for Hammersmith is 1.08.
The Death-rate in London on the estimated population,
i.e., 4,280,200, was equal to an annual rate of 11.9
deaths per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths of Infants.—The corrected number of deaths of
residents under one year of age registered during the year
was 187, as compared with 119 in the previous year.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age
was equal to 77 per 1,000 of the corrected births.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age,
residents in London, was equal to 67 per 1,000 of the
total registered births.
The mortality rate of infants under one year of age
was ten per thousand greater in this Borough than in
London.
A large proportion of the deaths (50), equal to 36 per
cent., died in the first month, and of these thirty-three
occurred in the first week, practically all of which may be
ascribed to pre-natal causes.
This points out the necessity for greater attention to and
control of the expectant mother if these deaths are to be
avoided.
Enteritis was responsible for the deaths of 21 babies and
pneumonia 26. These may be very properly ascribed to
lack of knowledge on the part of the mother in the problems
of infant feeding and " mothering."