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upon a fourth of the infants born during the twelve months
immediately preceding, is not given for the wards in this report,
as the necessary data are not available. In its place, however,
I have shown a rate which represents the rate of Infantile
Mortality during the first three months of life, an interesting
comparative figure which until the necessary facts are forthcoming
will best take the place of the usual Infantile Mortality
Rate. The comparative value of the statistical returns
presented, therefore, is considerably less than that of the
analagous rates in previous reports. The best has been done
with the material available, but it should be borne in mind that
at the best these rates are merely crude approximations. These
remarks of course do not apply to the rates of the district as a
whole.