For example, the rate of sudden infant death syndrome – closely linked to parents establishing good sleeping practices for their baby – has fallen from 0.55 deaths per 1,000 births in 2000 to a rate of 0.36 by 2015.
Despite this undisputed progress, there can be no room for complacency as local authorities prepare to take on from October responsibility for commissioning public health services for the under fives. This was starkly illustrated in the recent National Children's Bureau's (NCB) report on health inequalities for under fives, analysis from which showed huge variations in obesity, tooth decay and accidental injury across England.
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