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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
Leyton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table IX.—Death Rate per cent. of Total Deaths.
| Under 1 year | 382 | 28.9 | 46.3 |
| 1 year and under 5 years | 167 | 125 | |
| 5 years and under 15 years | 65 | 4.9 | |
| 15 years and under 25 years | 44 | 3.3 | 537 |
| 25 years and under 65 years | 357 | 26.9 | |
| 65 years and over | 312 | 23.5 |
The infant mortality, i.e., deaths under 1 year, is 382 or 11.4 per
cent. of the total number of births against 9.4 per cent. last year
and 13.8 per cent, in 1904.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Per 1,000 births the deaths of infants under 1 year of age
in London was 130, in 75 other great towns, 151.
The use of cheap brands of condensed milk is still prevalent,
and as usual, the inferior quality thereof is all against infant
life successfully combating an attack of illness, such as Diarrhoea,
This ailment, as mentioned in my Monthly Summary (q.v.), was
very severe during a hot August, but abated during the cooler
month of September.
This year the supply of disinfectants free wherever there was
a case of illness of any kind was largely availed of during the
hot summer we experienced. To this fact, and to the excellent
manner in which our roads are now, as a general rule, watered,
I attribute the fact that we went through the very dry and dusty
period from June to October without more severe outbreaks than
those experienced.