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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 66 deaths, 23 occurred in Institutions outside the
Borough. In 15 of the cases the mothers had to go out to work,
10 being laundresses, three charwomen, and two daily servants.
The next Table shows the result of the enquiries made after
these deaths, arranged in Wards, and there is also shown the
number of infants who had been previously visited, the number of
illegitimate infants, and the social status of the parents.
It may also be seen in the Table that 12 of the infants who
died from Diarrhoea had been fed in accordance with the pamphlet
left by the Inspectors, and also that of the total number of deaths
respecting which enquiries were made, viz.:—58, eight were prematurely
born, and 15 were delicate from birth.
Of the 12 stated to have been fed in accordance with the
instructions on the pamphlet, four were prematurely born, four
were delicate from birth, one was illegitimate, and one suffered
from Disease of the Brain.
During the year the female Sanitary Inspectors have continued
the work begun in 1905, in visiting the homes where births
had occurred, and they have also had during the year, as is stated
in their report, valuable assistance from several voluntary health
visitors.