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It will be observed that the death rates due to the usual
Infectious diseases and to the various forms of tuberculosis are
comparatively small.
The deaths in 1914 from premature birth were mostly in Lever
Street, St. John Street, Rahere Street, Hall Street, Myddelton
Street, Pentonville Road, Risinghill Street, Rodney Street,
Sekforde Street, White Lion Street, and Wilmington Square.
The deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia occurred chiefly in
the following streets:—Lever Street, Galway Street, Coldbath
Square, Farringdon Road, Lloyd's Row, Nelson Street, Risinghill
Street, Warner Street, and Whiskin Street.
The deaths from diarrhceal diseases took place mainly in the
mean and squalid streets of the borough, and the distribution over
the district was fairly uniform.
Infant Mortality by districts in previous years.—The
infant mortality rates for the period 1908-14 arranged according
to districts are given in the annexed table:—

In 1914 the deaths were—in Clerkenwell 186, in St. Luke 114,
and in St. Sepulchre 4 deaths.