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The first of these tables shows that there has been no substantial change in the
death rate for these premature infants either in Shoreditch or in England and Wales
as a whole. The rates for Shoreditch—being calculated from a smaller number of
deaths—show more fluctuation than the rates for the country as a whole, but it is
obvious that in this short period there has been no substantial decrease in the rate.
The second table shows that of the 351 infants who died of prematurity during the
fourteen years 1924 to 1937, 252 (or 71.8 per cent.) died within the first week, and
318 (or 90.6 per cent.) died within the first month.
The second table shows that there was a slight increase in the number of
premature infants who died later than the first week and before the end of the first
month.
DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS
Table No. 20 opposite page 34 gives particulars of the deaths at different ages
under one year. Of the total of 66, 7 (10.60 per cent.) occurred on the first day of life
14 (21.21 per cent.) within the first week; 19 (28.79 per cent.) in the first month;
11 (16.67 per cent.) between 1 and 3 months; 19 (28.79 per cent.) between 3 and
6 months; 7 (10.60 per cent.) between 6 and 9 months, and 10 (15.15 per cent.)
between nine months and one year. The following table sets out these particulars
for the last ten years:—

ILLEGITIMATE DEATH RATE
Of the 47 illegitimate births, in 4 or 8.51 per cent., death occurred before the
child reached the age of one year, which corresponds to an infantile mortality rate of
85 per 1,000 births. This is a decrease as compared with 1936.