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INFANTILE MORTALITY.*
National Conference on Infantile Mortality.
Infant Life Protection Act, 1897, and Bill, 1907.
There were 293 deaths of children under one year of age, belonging
to Poplar, 327 deaths under one year of age, belonging to Bromley, and
202 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the
Borough of 822. The death rates of children under one year per 1,000
births for the past 13 years being :—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
County of
London.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
152
190
177
172
172
183
182
156
162
140
141
148
157
152
184
168
164
198
174
179
167
152
178
158
161
152
158
177
184
181
216
177
234
174
141
125
159
143
148
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
165
153
152
152
152
153
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
148
141
131
146
131
131
Infantile Mortality : National Conference.
Together with Mr. Councillor A. H. Darby, the Chairman of the
Public Health and Housing Committee, I attended the National Conference
on Infantile Mortality held at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on 13th and
14th June.
* For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIII., XIV., XV. and XVI.,
pages 41, 42, 43 and 44.