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Acton 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Infantile Mortality.—There were 182 deaths registered of Infants
under 1 year of age as against 1,080 births; the proportion which the
deaths under 1 year of age bear to 1,000 births is therefore 168.5, as
against i87.2 in the preceding year.

The following table compares the death-rate of children under one year per 1,000 registered births, and the birth-rate for the last fourteen years:—

Birth-rate perThousand.Deaths of Children under 1 year. Per Thousand Registered Birth.
188728.7147
188831.1182
188934.1175
189028.3151
189130.8146
189230.5185
189331.9192.5
189430.2160.6
189531.6168.1
189630.3168.9
189730.7198.3
189830.5181.9
189931.7187.2
190028.1168.5

Diarrhaa.—There were 48 deaths from Diarrhoea in children under
5 years, and 2 in persons over 5 years of age.
Acting on the instructions received from the Registrar General,
under the heading of " Diarrhoea," I have included deaths certified as
from Diarrhoea alone, or in combination with some other cause of
ill defined nature; and also deaths certified as from
Epidemic Enteritis,
Zymotic Enteritis,
Epidemic Diarrhoea, Summer Diarrhoea,
Dysentery and Dysenteric diarrhoea,
Choleraic Diarrhoea, Cholera, Cholera Nostras,
(in the absence of Asiatic Cholera),