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London had therefore both in the period 1904-8 and in the year 1909 a lower infantile
mortality than any of these towns except Bristol.
The rates are uncorrected (except in the case of London) for births and deaths in institutions.
The uncorrected London rate for 1909 was 110.
The comparison of the infantile mortality rates of towns in different countries is undoubtedly
affected by differences in the practice with regard to the registration of births. The rates shown in
the following table, which are calculated on the number of living births registered, can only be taken
as approximately correct. The rate for New York is somewhat overstated for the period 1904-8,
owing to the incomplete registration of births prior to 1908.

The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the number of
these deaths per 1,000 births in each of the sanitary areas of the County of London for the period
1904-8 and for the year 1909:—

1 See footnotes (1) and (2), page 6.
2 The infantile mortality rate here shown for Paris is not comparable with that of other towns owing to the
practice largely prevailing among residents within the city of putting infants out to nurse in the suburbs.
3 In Copenhagen, about one-fifth of the total births occur in the Lying-in Hospital, and in respect of these no
deduction is made for births to mothers not resident within the city.