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*Exclusive of deaths of non.residents occurring in public institutions in the
District, but inclusive of deaths of residents occurring in public institutions
outside the District.
N.B.—The number of deaths occurring to non.residents in public institutions
in the District in 1909 was 208.
Mortality at Different Ages.
Infantile Mortality.—The number of infants under
the age of one year who died during 190!) was 130, as
against 1'26 in 1908, 170 in 1907, 199 in 1906, 138 in
1905, and 158 in 1904, the infantile mortality rate,
therefore, being 85 per thousand births, as against 84
in 1908, 103 in 1907, 124 in 1906, 98 in 1905, and
123 in 1904, and an average of 111 in the ten years
1899 to 1908.
The deaths of children under the age of one year,
numbering 130, gives a percentage rate of 23.8 of the
deaths at all ages, as against 21.5 in 1908, 26.1 in 1907,
29.3 in 1906, 26.0 in 1905, and 29.3 in 1904.