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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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the percentage dying in first year, based on the experience cf the vears 1912.1913 : —
| Total Numbers 1913. 1914. | Numbers dying in first year 1914. | Percent . age 1912 and 1913. | Percentage 1914. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attended by Doctors | 412 | 406 | |||
| Attended by Midwives | 522 | 577 | |||
| Mother Defective or Delicate | 35 | 32 | 5 | 65.9 | 12.4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 15 | 1 | 14.8 | 6.6 |
| Breast Fed | 695 | 815 | 66 | 6.9 | 8.1 |
| Artificial Feeding | 24 | 30 | 7 | 17.7 | 25.6 |
| Mixed | 25 | 12 | 1 | 7.9 | 8.4 |
| Mother Employed | 18 | 25 | 0 | 9.1 | — |
| Cradle Used | 149 | 216 | 8 | 6.37 | 3.5 |
| Dirty Houses | 16 | 49 | 5 | 15.6 | 71 |
| Illegitimates | — | 36 | 6 | 22.2 | 14.9 |
Comparing the district for the year 1912 with towns of a
similar size throughout the Country, we find that in all cases
the rates for the various causes of infantile mortality are
.lower: —
Thus:—
| Death Rate, Age 0 to 1 mouth | 10% lower |
| „ 0 to 2 „ | 6% „ |
| „ 3 to 6 „ | 11% „ |
| „ 6 to 12 ,, | 15% „ |
| Premature Birth and Congenital Defects | 33% lower |
| Measles and Whooping Cough | 30% „ |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | 9% „ |
| Diarrhoea | 4% „ |
| All Ages, 0 to 1 year | 9% „ |
| One to 5 years | 3% „ |
The district as regards this test of infant welfare is favourably
placed.