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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
Ealing 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE II.
Showing Birth-rate, Death-rate and Infant Death-rate for Ealing for the Years 1911-1929.
| Year | Birth-rate | Death-rate | Infant Death-rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 20.2 | 11.5 | 121 | |
| 1912 | 20.6 | 9.7 | 67 | |
| 1913 | 18.2 | 8.9 | 72 | 76 |
| 1914 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 59 | |
| 1915 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 63 | |
| 1916 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 58 | |
| 1917 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 63 | |
| 1918 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 76 | 62 |
| 1919 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 65 | |
| 1920 | 17.8 | 8.8 | 47 | |
| 1921 | 16.9 | 10.6 | 63 | |
| 1922 | 16.2 | 11.0 | 52 | |
| 1923 | 15.6 | 10.6 | 58 | 55 |
| 1924 | 14.3 | 11.1 | 47 | |
| 1925 | 14.0 | 9.1 | 56 | |
| 1926 | 14.0 | 10.1 | 55 | |
| 1927 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 56 | |
| 1928 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 41 | |
| 1929 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 48 | |
The causes of deaths of infants in 1929 are shown in Table III
in which the causes of death for the year are compared with those
in the preceding years.
In Table IIIa the ages at which death occurred in children
under twelve months old are indicated. It is to be noted that 34
of the total 73 deaths occurred in children under four weeks old.
This gives a neo-natal death-rate of 22 per 1,000 births,