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Ealing 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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MEANS FOR PREVENTING MORTALITY IN CHILDBIRTH
AND IN INFANCY.
There were 72 deaths of infants under one year, which give an
infant death-rate of 76 per 1,000 births.
The following table gives the infant death-rate for Ealing with
that for England and Wales :—
Ealing 76 per 1.000 births
England and Wales 97 „ „
96 Great Towns 106 „ „
London 107 ,, ,,
The following table gives the infant death-rates for Ealing for the last 18 years compared with those for England and Wales:-
| Ealing. | England and Wales. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 114 | 151 |
| 1902 | 112 | 133 |
| 1903 | 136 | 132 |
| 1904 | 105 | 145 |
| 1905 | 101 | 128 |
| 1906 | 129 | 132 |
| 1907 | 91 | 118 |
| 1908 | 80 | 120 |
| 1909 | 70 | 109 |
| 1910 | 65 | 106 |
| 1911 | 121 | 130 |
| 1912 | 67 | 95 |
| 1913 | 72 | 109 |
| 1914 | 59 | 105 |
| 1915 | 63 | 110 |
| 1916 | 58 | 91 |
| 1917 | 63 | 97 |
| 1918 | 76 | 97 |
Notifications of Births Act, 1907.—There were 39 failures to
notify under the Act, compared with 54 for the previous year. In
all cases of failure the parent, doctor, and nurse were communicated
with and their responsibilities under the Act pointed out.