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DEATHS.
1,128 deaths of Ley ton residents were registered during the
year—538 males and 590 females.
To these must be added 119 males and 120 females, being
deaths (transferable) received from the Registrar-General.
The death-rate for 1919 was 11.3 per 1,000 of the population.
ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.
The deaths which occurred during the year from the seven
principal Zymotic diseases were as follows:—Measles, 3;
Scarlet Fever, 3; Diphtheria, 23; Whooping Cough, 3; Enteric
Feveir, 0; Diarrhcea and Enteritis, 22.
The Zymotic death-rate for 1919 was .44 per 1,000 of the
population.
INFANTILE DEATH-RATE.
The infantile mortality rate, i.e., the number of deaths of
children under one year of age per 1,000 births was 70.16, there
being 154 deaths.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS (EXTENSION) ACT, 1915.
This Act took effect on September 1st, 1915. Under its terms
2,209 births were notified during the year 1919—1,096 from
medical practitioners, 1,057 from midwives, and 76 from relatives.
The Health Visitors visited 2,330 newly-born infants and
paid 7,038 re-visits.
INFANT WELFARE AND ANTE-NATAL WORK.
This branch of Public Health work now occupies an important
position in the work presided over by the Medical Officer of
Health. A Special Committee, the "Infant Welfare Committee,"
has been constituted, consisting of the undermentioned Members
of the Council and co-opted ladies:—
Chairman : J. B. Slade, Esq., J.P.
Members: Messrs. Abrook, Baker, Clare, Daines, Gompertz,
Guy, Haines, Mawer, Mitchell, Moore, and Read, J.P.
Co-opted Members: Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Haslop,
Mrs. Read, Mrs. Shimmin, Miss Lister, and Miss Hall.