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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
From 5 to 65 years, the proportion was 42.2 per
cent. Over 65 years, the proportion was 27.2 per cent.
Infantile Mortality.
For every 1,000 children born during the
vear, 129 infants under 12 months died. This is a
higher degree of infantile mortality than obtained during
the two previous years. This increase is accounted for
by the larger number of deaths among children prematurely
born.
Social Position.
The proportion of deaths in the various
social grades is as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry .3 per cent.
Professional Classes 14.8 ,, „
Middle and Trading Classes 27.5 „ ,,
Industrial and Labouring 57.4 ,, ,,