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STATISTICS FOR 1919.

	Birth Rate 1	Death Rate	Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births
Eng. and Wales	18.5	13.8	89
96 great towns	19.1	13.9	93
148 smaller towns	18.4	12.7	90
London	18.6	13.6	85
Barnes	13.7	9.5	89.6

ANALYSIS OP INFANTILE DEATHS.

Pertussis	2 deaths	Preventable.
Tuberculous Meningitii	1 „	Non-preventable (at present).
Miliary Tuberculosis	1 „	Non-preventable (at present).
Bronchitis	3 „	Preventable.
Broncho-pneumonia	3 „	„
Pneumonia	3 „	„
Enteritis	3 „	„
Congenital Syphilis	1 „	Non-preventable (at present).
Suffocation (overlaid)	1 „	Accidental.
Convulsions (ill-defined)	1 „	?
* Premature Birth	14 „	Non-preventable (ante-natal causes).
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	3 „	Ante-natal causes.
Congenital Malformations	3 „	Non-preventable.
Congenital Tumour	1 ,,	„
Hydrocephalus	1 „	„
Syncope (ill-defined)	1 ,,	?
Body found in Dustbin	1 ,,	Unascertainable.
,, „ River	2 „	Drowning.
„ „ Box	1 „	Violence.
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