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You will observe that Whooping Cough and its
complications were responsible for the largest number
of the above.
Infantile Deaths.
On referring to Table V. you will notice that the
number of children who died under the age of one
year was 66, which number includes 29 under one
month, and was equal to 69.9 per thousand births
against 106.9 for the previous year. For London it
was 103, and for the 77 large towns 115.
I have reason to believe that the very decided
decrease in the number of deaths of infants and voung
children is due to the adoption of the Notification
of Births Act, together with the supervision given
by your Health Visitor to young mothers and their
infants.
Old Aye.
One hundred and twenty persons died at 60 and
upwards, including twenty-one between 80 and go,
three at 90, and one at 91.
Notifications.
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I have received 286 notifications during the year, and
append a table showing their headings for last and
the preceding years:—