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Twelve of the foregoing occurred at the Twyford Abbey
Home for invalid gentlemen, although only ten of the deaths
have been transferred to other Districts by the Registrar
General.
According to the Report of the Medical Officer to the
Local Government Board for 1912-13, the General Death
Rate for England and Wales declined progressively since 1870,
when it was 20.9 per 1,000 persons living, to 13.3 for 1912,
the lowest Death Rate yet recorded, and it has decreased
20% since 1901.
Mortality at different ages and Causes of Death.
The above can be seen by referring to Table III. appended
to this report. of the 13 (corrected) number of deaths it will
be noticed that only 4 were of Children.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 4 children that died belonging to the District
3 were of infants under one year old one of these was illegitimate
and died in the Brentford Union Infirmary, Isleworth
as the number of Births during the year was only 29.
This gives the high Infantile Mortality rate of 103.4 deaths
per 1,000 Births. Last year it was only 60.6 as there were
then 33 Births registered. According to the Report already
referred to the Infantile Mortality rate for England and Wales
was in 1901, 151 per 1,000 Births, and it declined to 95 in
1912, a decrease of 40%.
In many districts the matter of Infantile Mortality and
Child-Welfare work is receiving special attention by the appointment
of Lady Health Visitors, the encouragement of
properly managed day nurseries, and lastly but not leastly,
the adoption of the Notification of Births Act 1907. As you
are aware none of these provisions are made in this District
and I stongly recommend that the Council should consider
this matter.