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DEATH RATES, PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.
Year
City of London.
105 Great Towns
of England and
Wales.
Metropolis.
1918 20.9 18.2 18.9
1919 14.4 13.8 13.4
1920 15.6 12.5 12.6
1921 11.5 12.3 12.4
1922 14.1 13.0 13.4
Average previous five years 15.3 14.0 14.1
1923 11.5 11.6 11.2
The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0.22
compared with 1.51 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from Phthisis correspond to a rate of 1.1 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 0 92 in the Metropolis.
infantle mortality
The deaths of children under one year of age were at the rate of 81 per
1,000 births, as against 60 for the whole of London.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907, AND INFANT
WELFARE WORK.
No new work has been undertaken in connection with Infant Welfare Work.
Care has, of course, continued to be given to the City infants and the usual clinic
has been held every Wednesday at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Supplies of milk,
in some cases at cost price and in others free, have been provided in accordance
with the scheme outlined in my annual report for 1921.
439 notifications of births, made in accordance with the Notification of Births
Act, were received. Of these only 98 belonged to the City, and the balance were
transferred to the appropriate Authorities.
Miss Wilkinson, who undertakes the work in connection with the Notification
of Births Act and Infant Welfare, reports having made 278 visits in connection
with birth notification and 89 special visits in connection with infant welfare.
Seven visits have also been made in respect of cases coming within the scope
of the Children Act, 1908 ; mainly in relation to nurse children. At the centre
above referred to, a total of 511 attendances was made by mothers.