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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
It has been found a very difficult matter to eradicate from the
mother's mind the idea that farinaceous food is suitable food for infants.
In some of the cases the Inspectors were entirely successful, but in
others it was found on the second visit that in spite of the advice given
such food was being used.
On the whole I am able to report that in my opinion much good
work has been done, and I feel certain that a continuance of the
methods advised in my Report for 1904, and carried out this year,
will prove most beneficial to the mothers, and will tend to lessen the
mortality of infants from improper feeding.
The following Table shows the death-rate from Zymotic Diseases
for the Borough for the year as well as for the three previous years.

NON-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for the
year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole Borough.
The numbers for the years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905
are corrected for external and internal institutions.