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INFANTILE MORTALITY.*
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
Health Visitor.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.
(See footnote, page 15.)
Poplar Health Visiting Association. National Conference on
Infantile Mortality. Children Act, 1908.
There were 223 deaths of children under one year of age belonging
to Poplar, 283 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bromley, and
169 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the
Borough of 675.† The death rates of children under one year per 1,000
births for the past 15 years being:—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
County of
London.
1894 152 152 158 — —
1895 190 181 177 — —
1896 177 163 184 — —
1897 172 164 181 — —
1898 172 198 216 — —
1899 183 174 177 — —
1900 182 179 234 — —
1901 156 167 174 165 148
1902 162 152 141 153 141
1903 140 178 125 152 131
1904 141 158 159 152 146
1905 148 161 143 152 131
1906 157 152 148 153 131
1907 116.49 134.11 119.49 124.40 116
1908 118.49 126.50 119.36 123.83 113‡
*For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIII., XIV., XV. and XVI.
pages 49, 50, 51 and 52.
†The 675 deaths of infants under one year of age include deaths in outlying institutions
and allow for deductions of non-residents.
The actual deaths inside the Borough without deducting non-residents and not
including deaths occurring in outlying institutions were 640—167 Poplar, 328 Bromley
and 145 Bow.
‡In the County of London during the year 1908 there were 122,898 children born,
of whom 13,943 died under one year of age.