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Infantile Mortality.
372 infants died under one year of age, or 104 less than in the previous
year.
93 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 59 per 1,000
births.
83 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 83 per 1,000
births.
142 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 57 per 1,000 births.
54 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 60 per 1,000
births.
The infantile mortality for the whole Borough was 62 per 1,000 births,
while that for the whole of London was 60 per 1,000.
Of the 106 illegitimate births, 18 died before they were a twelvemonth
old. or at the rate of 169 per 1.000 births.

There were 70 sets of twins born during the year.
The rate of infantile mortality is again low, and on reference to the above
table it will be observed that it is the lowest on record.
During the last four years, the infantile mortality has been less than 100
per 1,000 births in each year, not only for the whole Borough, but in each of
the four districts which comprise the Borough of Stepney. The most satisfactory
feature is the gradual and regular lowering irrespective of what the
weather has been during the summer. As a rule, if the summer has been
warm and dry, the infantile mortality has been high, due to the increased
number of deaths from Summer Diarrhoea. In 1922, the summer was cold
and wet, and it was only natural to expect a lowered infantile mortality
because the number of deaths of infants from Summer Diarrhoea would be low.