View report page

56
Abdominal pains ... ... ... ... ... 5
Rise of temperature ... ... ... ... 10
Eclampsia ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
Phlebitis ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
Infant jaundiced ... ... ... ... ... 1
Mastitis ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Inflammation of eyes ... ... ... ... 7
Ophthalmia ... ... ... .. ... 2
Death of infant ... ... .. ... ... 6
Still births .. ... ... ... ... 14
Other causes ... ... ... ... ... 15
Of the total 9,194 births registered in the Borough, 3,574 were
attended by Certified Midwives attached to the Institutions of the
Plaistow Maternity Charity—
2,211 were attended from Howard's Road.
1,363 ,, ,, Lansdowne Road.
Infant Mortality.—Much has been done of recent years to
inspire interest in the question of providing the best means of
combating with the great waste of infant life, and although recent
summers, except that of 1911, have been favourable to the newly
born, there is little doubt some of the improvement has been the
result of painstaking visitation and the steady infusion of knowledge.
Infant mortality is usually recorded in comparison with the
number of births. The total number of infants who died before they
reached the age of one year during 1913 was 984, being 95 more
than in 1912. This is equivalent to an infant death-rate of 107 per
1,000 births. The average rate during the past five years 1908-1912