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(i) it is an almost entirely newly built locality with excellent
sanitation, and (2) the larger part of the population consists of
persons in the middle period of life, which is, of course, least
liable to diseases and illness. A large part of this population
consists of young people of the well-to-do middle class with small
or no families.
Infantile Mortality.—There were 35 deaths of infants
under one year of age, giving an infantile death-rate of 79.3 per
1,000 births registered, as against 87.1 in the preceding year, 83
in 1902, and 93 in 1901. The average rate for the 10 years 1894
to 1903 was 112. This is a very low rate, and the lowest on
record for this District.
The infantile death-rate for England and Wales was 146,
which is 9 per 1,000 below the mean for the previous 10 years.
Senile Mortality.—Among persons of 70 years of age
and over 39 deaths occurred, and of these 14 were 80 years of
age and over. This is a proportion of 22.8 per cent. of the total
number of deaths at all ages, as against 25.3 in the preceding
year.
Zymotic Mortality.—This includes the deaths from the
seven principal zymotic diseases, viz.:—Smallpox, Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, Measles, Whooping Cough, and
Diarrhœa. This rate affords useful evidence as to the general
healthiness of the District, and as to the efficiency of its sanitary
administration. There were 15 deaths from these diseases, as
follows: Scarlet Fever, 1; Diphtheria, 1; Measles, 4; Whooping
Cough, 4; and Diarrhœa, 5. The zymotic death rate was,
therefore, 79 per 1,000 of the population, as against 1.0 in
1903, 82 in 1902, and 1.3 in 1901. The average rate for the
10 years, 1894 to 1903, was 1.5.
The zymotic death-rate for England and Wales was 1.94.
The Causes of Death are fully set forth in Table 1. (i.)
for the whole District at different age periods, and (ii.) for each
of the four localities. Table I. shows the deaths during each
quarter of the year. There was no marked incidence of any
particular disease upon any one locality, with the exception of
Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases, from which there were
11 deaths in New Southgate, as against 5 in the whole of the
rest of the District.
The Public Mortuary.—During the year 9 bodies were
deposited in the Mortuary, as against 8 in the preceding year
and 15 in 1902.