Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1888
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Table: TABLE IX.The Deaths Registered at different Ages from all causes during the Tears1878.88,the Deaths of Non.Residents in the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals being excluded, but of Inhabitants in Hospitals and other Public Institutions outside the District being included.
TABLE IX.
The Deaths Registered at different Ages from all causes during the Tears1878.88,the Deaths of Non.Residents in the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals being excluded, but of Inhabitants in Hospitals and other Public Institutions outside the District being included.
As the births have diminished, the proportion of deaths
under 1 year of age has of course been smaller, so that the
table shows a lower rate at this age period than for several
years past. I do not intend to convey the idea that the death
rate under 1 year varies only with the number of births; on the
contrary, it depends very materially on the variations in the
temperature, cold weather causing an excessive number of