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We also refer the reader to Table IV. in the. Appendix
for a comparison of the intensity of epidemic disease during
the last eleven years.
Non-Zymotic Diseases.—Diseases of the Respiratory
System were the most fatal of the group, though less so
than in 1875 and rather under the average of the previous
ten years. Tubercular diseases stand next in point of
fatality, and diseases of the Nervous System occupy the
third place. The diseases grouped under the title of
Premature Birth, &c., form a numerous and important class,
and naturally lead up to the next paragraph.
Mortality according to Age.—The infantile mortality
from a medico-legal, as well as a sanitary standpoint, is a
very important subject. No less than 43.3 percent of the
total mortality occurred amongst infants. A similar ratio
for the whole of London was 42.5, nearly 1 per cent. less
than in our district. If we glance at our causes of death,
it will be seen that Diarrhoea and Premature Birth, &c., are