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Acton 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: The following table compares the death rate of children under one year per thousand registered births, and the birth rate for the last eight years.

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The following table compares the death rate of children under one year per thousand registered births, and the birth rate for the last eight years.

Birth Rate	Per Thousand.	Deaths of Children under 1 year Per Thousand Registered Births.
1887	28.7	147
1888	31.1	182
1889	34.1	175
1890	28.3	151
1891	30.8	146
1892	30.5	185
1893	31.9	192.5
1894	30.2	159.4

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This high infant mortality is due to a great extent to the
deplorable ignorance that exists both amongst the poorer and in some
cases the more educated classes, as to the suitable food to give a
child brought up by hand.
It is especially a difficult subject to approach with
regard to the poor women, who are at work all day and leave the
infant to the care of children, or possibly some equally ignorant
person.
The plan that I have adopted is to give printed cards to
the mothers and nurses as to the character and amount of food
to be given at each meal, also minute directions how to prepare
the food, and the suitable feeding bottle to be used.
In some cases I find it necessary to instruct them
personally in their homes, and not to lose sight of the infant
until it begins to thrive.

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Acton 1894

Table: The following table compares the death rate of children under one year per thousand registered births, and the birth rate for the last eight years.

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