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12
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Notification of Births Act, 1907;
Discrepancies in Registration of Births;
Medical Practitioners and the Notification of Births Act;
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, General
Order of the Local Government Board, Health Visitor,
Appointment of Health Visitor;
Poplar Health Visiting Association. (See page 249);
Report upon Enquiry as to Industrial Employment of Married
Women and Infant Mortality, 1908-1909—90 Cases, Home
Office Returns. (See page 254.)
There were 230 deaths of children under one year of age belonging
to Poplar, 281 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bromley, and
159 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the
Borough of 670.† The death rates of children under one year per 1,000
births for the past 16 years being :—
Poplar.
Bromley.
Bow.
Borough of
Poplar.
County of
London.
1894 152 152 158 — —
1895 190 184 177 — —
1896 177 168 184 — —
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
1909 128.92 132.86 128.32 130.40** 108‡
* For Tables of Infantile Mortality, see Tables XIII., XIV., XV. and XVI.
pages 41, 42, 43 and 44.
** See Health Visitor's Report (page 249). Mortality rate among infants visited
was 104.19 per 1000. The infants visited are for the most part in the poorest portions
of the Borough.
† The 670 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 635—199 Poplar, 316 Bromley
and 120 Bow.
‡ In the County of London during the year 1909 there were 116,559 children born,
of whom 12,582 died under one year of age.