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On the statistical evidence South Kilburn shows
much the worst as regard unhealthiness, Mid Kilburn
and Church End coming next, both being above the
average for the whole District. Willesden Green
shows best and is followed closely by North Kilburn,
and Kensal Green, Harlesden being intermediate
between the two classes.
The rates of infantile mortality are the only ones
of those above given which are strictly comparable
since in the different Wards the age and sex distribution
varies extensively, as will be seen from the
charts. Zymotic deaths are contributed to, for the
most part, by persons in the first decennium of life,
and this applies largely also to diarrhoea deaths. The
deaths from phthisis 011 the other hand occur almost
exclusively between the ages of 15 and 55, deaths at
this age period constituting 81'0 per cent, of the
whole of those from this disease.
A glance at Chart No. III. will show how the population
at these age periods is distributed in the different
Wards, but disturbance arising from difference of age
constitution does not apply to the rate of infantile
mortality. It is calculated on the number of deaths