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DEATHS.
1,038 deaths of Leyton residents were registered during the
year—465 males and 573 females. To these must be added 107
males and 83 females, being deaths (transferable) received from
the Registrar-General.
The death-rate for 1923 was 9.25 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, 2;
Diphtheria, 4; Whooping Cough, 5; Enteric Fever, 1; Diarrhœa
and Enteritis, 12.
The Zymotic death-rate for 1023 was .18 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 45.53, there
being 106 deaths, 97 of legitimate and 9 of illegitimate infants.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS (EXTENSION) ACT, 1915.
This Act took effect on September 1st, 1915. Under its terms
1,837 births were notified during the year 1923—833 from medical
practitioners, 981 from midwives, and 23 from relatives.
The health visitors visited 2,191 newly-born infants and paid
17,852 re-visits.
MATERNITY AND INFANT WELFARE WORK.
The constitution of the Committee appointed for the conduct
of this work necessarily varies each year. The names of the
ladies and gentlemen appointed for the year under review are as
follows:—
Chairman: Councillor T. Jays, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Members: Councillors Cochrane, Groom, Hubbard, Johnson,
Read, Stanbridge, Turner, Whiskin, and Mrs. Ringer.