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Infantile Mortality.
This rate is calculated on the number of deaths of children
under one year of age per 1,000 births. During 1933 there were
16 deaths of children under one year of age and 418 births. This
gives an Infantile Mortality rate of 38 per 1,000 births, as compared
with 64 in England and Wales, and 59 in London. This is the
lowest Infantile Mortality rate ever recorded in the Borough, the
previous lowest rate being 42 in 1924. This is all the more
gratifying as the summer of 1933 was hot and dry. Not many
years ago a hot summer was invariably marked by an increase in
the Infantile Mortality. In 1911, 1914 and 1921 (all hot summers)
the Infantile Mortality figures were 116, 86 and 58 per 1,000
births.
It will be seen from the table that out of the 16 deaths, six
occurred in the first week of life.
The neonatal deaths, i.e., deaths occurring in the first four
weeks numbered 10 out of the total 16. This gives a neonatal
mortality of 23 per 1,000 births. Seven of these deaths were due
to Congenital Debility and Premature Birth.
There were five deaths of illegitimate infants under one year
of age out of 28 illegitimate births.
This gives an Infantile
Mortality rate of illegitimate children of 178 per 1,000 births.