[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough.

  • Leigh (Lancashire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It will be seen from the above table that— 3$ Per cent, of the deaths are due to Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis. 2^ 52 m ,, Acute Diseases of the Respiratory System, Bronchitis and Pneumonia 25 74 >> ,, ,j Premature Birth and Congenital Malformation So that 68.64 Per cent, ot our infant deaths are due solely to these causes. This is not peculiar to Leigh, as the same causes are found to exist, more or less, in most of the industrial centres having a high infant death-rate, but the deaths of infants from Acute Diseases of the Respiratory System in Leigh are higher than the majority of other similar towns. The following table gives the figures and percentages of some of the particulars and conditions found to be associated with the infant deaths investigated :— ALL DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE DURING 1920. Registered Deaths under 1 year r3° Deaths visited 118 Breast-fed ... ■ ••• ••• 34 = 26*52 per cent. Bottle-fed (boat-shape bottle) J5 Long tube bottle used 0 Bottle and breast-fed 35 Spoon-fed and unable to be fed 34 Presence of flies 28 = 21 *84 per cent. Mothers extra domestically employed... 18 = 14-04 > > Mothers who depute others to nurse their babies... 18 = 14-04 > > 1 In one case the information could not be obtained. The parents had removed from the district.]