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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
176 deaths under one year of age were registered in the
district, and 29 infants under one year of age died in public
institutions beyond the district, making a total of 205. Thiscorresponds
to an infantile mortality of 138 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality in England and Wales last year
was 130; in 77 large towns it amounted to 140, and in the 136
smaller towns it was 133 per 1,000 births.
The deaths were distributed as follows:—
North-East Ward 32
North-West Ward 25
South-East Ward 47
South-West Ward 101
The infantile mortality in each ward was :—
North-East Ward 108 per 1,000 births.
North-West Ward 119 „ „
South-East Ward 126 „ „
South-West Ward 173 „ „
The infantile mortality was 36 per 1,000' births higher than
in 1910.
Compared with 1910, the infantile mortality was higher
in all the wards.
The diseases which showed the greatest increase in the
number of deaths were Diarrhœeal Diseases and Measles. Therewas
a slight increase also in the number of deaths from Prematurity
and Congenital Debility.
There were 37 deaths from Prematurity and 23 from Atrophy,.
Debility and Marasmus. These are the two groups of cases which
are usually supposed to be affected by antenaital causes. A few