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Barking 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Particulars of feeding of certain children who came un< supervision during 1924 are as follows :—
| Breast Fed. | Mixed. | Artificis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of children under supervision— feeding at the end of first month | 510 | 43 | 41 | |
| Children who died during first year of life—feeding during first month | 57 | 12 | 3 | |
| Children who died from diarrhoeal diseases—feeding at time of death | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
DEATHS AMONG NOTIFIED AND UN-NOTIFIED BIRTHJ
97.2 per cent, of the deaths under one year of age were not
fied births, the remainder being un-notified.
SEX.
The death rate among male children was 113.02 per thousand
births, and among females 04.76, the excessive male death rate !
during the year btring noteworthy.
NEONATAL MORTALITY.
The neonatal mortality rate is calculated on the number of
deaths of children under four weeks per thousand births, and
during 1924 was equal to a rate of 36.6 compared with 18.5 the
previous year.
From the following table it will be seen that out of a total of
31 deaths during the first four weeks of life, 19 occurred during
the first seven days, and 13, or 68.4 per cent, of these resulted
from prematurity or debility. The question of further neonatal
care has been already emphasised as an important factor in further
reducing the disproportionate incidence of infantile deaths during
the neonatal period :—