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The corrected death-rate for England and Wales
was 14.6. and for the 136 small towns 14.4.
For the purposes of comparison with other districts,
which may have a more favourable or unfavourable
population as regards its sex and age constitution,
it is necessary to multiply the corrected deathrate
by a factor supplied by the County Medical Offiecr
of Health ; the result is the " Standard Death-rate."
The Standard Death-rate for Harrow is 9.7.
INFANTILE DEATH RATE.
The Infantile death rate for the year was 79.5
per thousand births.
There were 28 deaths of infants under one year
of age out of 352 children born, giving an infantile
mortality of 79.5 per thousand children born, or 8 per
cent. Of the above 28 deaths, 11 were from Prematurity,
which shows that two-fifths of the deaths
were not caused by illness contracted after birth. In
1910 there were 15 deaths, giving an infantile mortality
of 39.8 or 4 per cent. and in 1909 there were 20 deaths,
giving an infantile mortality of 55.4 or 5½ per cent.
The rate of infantile mortality in England and
Wales was 130 and for the 136 small towns 133 per
thousand.
LONGEVITY OF HARROW RESIDENTS
During the year 53 persons died over the age of
60, or 40 per cent of the deaths registered. Of these,
17 died between the ages of 60 and 70; 28 between 70
and 80; and 7 between 80 and 90, and 1 between
90 and 100.
In 1910 the deaths over the age of 60 were 50 per
cent, of the deaths registered.
HEALTH VISITORS' WORK.
The Health Visitors report as follows:—
"Total number of visits, 481. Birth enquiries, 222 "
"Death enquiries, 16; viz., 4 Broncho-Pneumonia.'