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Patients contributed £13 19s. 6d. in small sums according to their
means.
Dentures were supplied in 3 cases, the cost being met partly by the
patients, and partly by assistance from the Council, the Philanthropic
Society and other voluntary agencies.
Convalescent Homes.·—In the Soho area, facilities for convalescent
treatment are provided by the St. Henry Fund, of which the Medical
Officer of Health is ex·officio a trustee; 40 mothers and children were
sent to Convalescent Homes in 1923. Others were sent away through
various charitable agencies.
Homes.—A grant of £100 was made to the St. John the Baptist Home,
formerly in Westminster, now at Tulse Hill, and £25 to the Westminster
Red Cross Day Nursery.
Supply of Milk.—Grants of milk free or at reduced prices were made to
74 expectant and nursing mothers and to children, 27 less than in 1922.
Except in a few instances ordinary milk was granted, in the others, dried
milk. The amount expended was £78 16s. Id.
In addition to the above, dried milk is kept at all the Centres, and is
supplied to suitable cases at cost price. The amount sold at the Council's
Centres at cost and at reduced price was 4,312 lbs.
Deaths.
1,597 deaths were registered in the City in the 52 weeks of 1923.
After deducting 778 deaths of non·citizens in public institutions in the
City, and adding those of 715 citizens who died in other districts, the
corrected total is 1,493, as compared with 1,796 in 1922, and is equivalent
to an annual rate of 10'6 per 1,000 persons.
The London death·rate for 1923 was 11·2 (civilians only), for England
and Wales 11·6. All the rates are the lowest on record. The number
of deaths ami the death·rates per 1,000 for a series of years are shown
below:—
Year. Number of Deaths. London Rate.
1911 2,005 12·5 15·0
191 2 1,984 12·5 13*6
1913 2,030 12·7 14*2
1914 1,946 12·7 14'4
191 5 2,138 15·7 16" 1
1916 1,827 13·7 14*3
1917 1,896 15·5 15·0
1918 2,062 16·3 18*9
191 9 1,819 14·2 13·4
1920 1,600 10·9 12·4
1921 1,623 11·5 12.4
1922 1,796 12·9 13·4
1923 1,493 10·6 11·2
The deaths of males were 756, females 737, giving rates per 1,000—
1923, males 12'6, females 9'1. These rates show an improvement in
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