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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Six mothers said they had noticed many flies at the time of
the childs' illness and in two yards we found accumulations of
refuse.
The next Table shows the result of the inquiries 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 will also be seen in the Table that only 22 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
in which information was obtained, viz.:—135, 13 were prematurely
born, 38 were delicate from birth, and eight were twin children.