[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The claims of proprietary milk powders, which from their dry state offer much less chance of contamination than cow’s milk, have to be considered, despite doubt as to freedom from adulteration and as to maintenance of a proper standard of nutritive value. They are also much more likely to be retained for the baby’s exclusive use than cow’s milk, a point in their favour when additional nourishment falls to be granted under the Maternity and Child Welfare Schemes. The infantile mortality rates of the County and Districts for the last fifteen years are shown in the following table :— Cupar Dunfer’ne Kirkcaldy St Andr’s Fife Year District District District District County 1906 46.4 111.4 106.9 59.9 95.5 1907 73.9 103.8 111.9 83.3 102.6 1908 109.6 123.5 139.4 59.1 121.8 1909 59.9 99.8 116.1 56.1 99.1 1910 95.3 102.7 116.5 80.3 105.0 1011 77.4 104.0 108.6 48.6 97.7 1912 52.8 101.2 107.5 54.2 95.0 1913 60.0 81.0 98.0 89.0 87.7 1914 49.0 113.0 108.0 74.0 101.2 1915 71.0 111.0 128.0 105.0 114.2 1916 54.0 76.0 100.0 63.0 81.8 1917 60.0 99.0 102.0 63.0 94.4 1918 83.0 103.0 98.0 85.0 97.0 1919 67.0 90.0 91.0 65.0 86.0 1920 78.0 84.0 89.0 32.0 81.0 MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. The deaths of illegitimate infants under one year of age during 1920 numbered 17 : the mortality of illegitimate infants as a proportion of the illegitimate births was 77.62 per 1000. In 1919, the illegitimate deaths numbered 14 and the similar mortality rate was 81.86 per 1000.