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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
There were 41 deaths registered of infants under one year of
age, as against 852 births; the proportion which the deaths under
one year of age bear to 1,000 births, is therefore 48, as against
61 in the preceding year. There were only two Metropolitan
Boroughs with lower rates.
Year. Rate of Infantile Mortality. Rate for London generally. Rate for England and Wales.
1920 80 75 80
1921 53 79 83
1922 67 74 77
1923 46 61 69
1924 58 69 75
1925 61 67 75
1926 48 64 70
A comparison of the causes of Infantile Mortality in 1926 with
those of the preceding year shows a decrease during last year
in the deaths from Pneumonia, Enteritis and Premature birth;
whereas there was an increase in the deaths from Wasting and
Debility and Whooping Cough.
The causes contributing to a high rate of mortality have been
discussed in previous reports, and it will suffice to call attention to
the fact that of 41 children who died under the age of one year
24 deaths were ascribed to Prematurity, Wasting, and Congenital
Defects, and 6 to Bronchitis and Pneumonia, a total of 30 deaths,
resulting from these causes, or 73 per cent. of the total.