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Infantile Mortality.—Of the 2,491 deaths, 286 or
11.5 per cent. were of infants under one year of age,
and the rate of infantile mortality measured by the proportion
of deaths under one year to births registered
was 107, the average rate for the five preceding years
being 104. The infantile death-rate of the County of
London was 108, and in the Metropolitan Boroughs the
rates ranged from 69 in Hampstead to 166 in Shoreditch.
Causes of Infantile Mortality.—Table III. gives
the causes of the deaths at various periods under one
year. Compared with the previous year, the chief
increase was in whooping cough, 18 deaths against 5,
while the deaths from measles dropped from 26 to 8.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.—Of the 286
infants who died before attaining the age of one year,
50 were illegitimate, the mortality among them being
at the rate of 222 deaths per 1,000 births against 97 per
1,000 among children born in wedlock.
Prevention of Infant Mortality—Notification
of Births.—2,360 notifications of living and 85 of stillborn
children were received under the Notification of
Births Act, 92 per cent. of the births registered in Fulham
being notified. Of these 71 per cent. were notified by
midwives, 27.4 per cent. by medical practitioners and 1.6
per cent. by relatives.
The following is a summary of the work of your
Health Visitors and the paid staff of the Fulham
Maternity and Infant Welfare Centre, in connexion with
the notified births.
First visits to infants by Health Visitors 2,201
Re-visits „ ,, „ 3,021
Re-visits to children of 1-5 years „ 200
Re-visits to infants by staff of Welfare Centres 2,252
Re-visits to children of 1-5 years ,, „ 608
Infant consultations held by medical staff of
Welfare Centre 141
Infants attending consultations 737
Number of attendances 6,546