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cent., were due to premature birth and various other ante-natal
causes, while 87, or 26.6 per cent., were due to Diarrhoea and
Enteritis.
The infantile mortality rate for England and Wales was 130
„ ,, „ ,, London „ 128
„ „ „ „ the Great Towns „ 140
SMALL-POX.
Two cases were notified during the year, but on further investigation
they proved not to be Small-pox.
On the 7th November 1911, the Clerk received a letter from
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and on 14th November I reported
to the Public Health Committee, on the necessity for making
provision for hospital accommodation of Small-pox. The following
are copies of the letter and of my report:—
Copy.
Metropolitan Asylums Board,
Embankment,
London, E.C.,
6th November, 1911.
Sir,
SMALL-POX.
I am instructed by the Board to communicate with you
concerning the existing arrangement for the admission to their
hospitals, on certain terms and conditions—one of which is that
the arrangement is terminable at short notice—of cases of Smallpox
from the district of Leyton.