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and that this is contributed to by the improper conditions existing
at the houses in which infants are placed out to nurse, it is necessary
that the persons by whom, and the places into which infants are
received should be under supervision by the local sanitary authority.
(b) That the Infant Life Protection Act be amended to
remedy abuses which are not at present provided against.
8. That all preparations offered or sold as food for infants should
be certified by a Government analyst as non-injurious, and that each
packet should contain its analysis.
9. That the Dairies, Milkshops, and Cowsheds Order is
defective, and that any amendment should extend the definition of
disease as applied to animals, and should make the provision of
regulations by local authorities compulsory. That the scope of the
regulations should be extended to cover dirty milk, and should
enable local authorities to prohibit the sale of any milk which fails
to comply with the conditions of purity agreed upon.
10. That in the opinion of this Conference the appointment of
qualified women specially trained in the hygiene of infancy is
necessary as an adjunct to public health work.
11. That in the opinion of this Conference the Midwives Act,
1902, should be extended to Scotland and Ireland.
Senile Mortality.— The deaths at 65 years and upwards which
occurred in the Borough during 1906 numbered 810, and of these
422 occurred between the ages of 65 and 75 years; 307 between the
ages of 75 and 85 years, and 111 were at 85 years and upwards.
The annual mortality rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is
36 per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths in Public Institutions.— There were 1,286 deaths in
public institutions in the Borough during 1905. Of these 465 were
residents of other districts, and the remainder, 803 were residents
of Hackney.
The following gives the institutions within the Borough receiving
persons both from the Borough, and also persons from without,
with the number of deaths in each institution during the year 1905.