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used in the Metropolitan Boroughs. On the initiation of
your Medical Officer of Health an effort is now being made
to draw up a code which will commend itself to all London
Authorities and Associations engaged in instructing mothers.
All mothers are invited to bring their infants for weighing
and advice at the Town Hall, where an Infant Consultation
is held every Wednesday afternoon by the Lady Health
Visitor and Medical Officer of Health.
6. The following table gives the birth-rate of the Borough
during the years 1901-5, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and
1911, and for the purpose of comparison the corresponding
rates of the neighbouring boroughs, London, and England: —

7. The following table gives the birth-rate for the
Borough, and each registration district, for the three past
quinquennia, and last six years. Correction has been made
for births in the Infirmary, Female Hospital, the Wood
Street Home for Mothers and Babies, and outlying institutions,
and the births distributed to the parishes to which
they properly belong.