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15.3 per cent. on the registered births, the equivalent rate in the
Metropolis, as a whole, being 17.6 per cent. The deaths of children
under 5 years of age were 1,119,69 less than last year, and
equal to 25 per cent. on the registered births (London 28.5 percent.),
and to 40.1 per cent. on the total deaths (London 43.4). Six
hundred and forty-two persons died at 60 years of age and
upwards, 60 more than last year, and 23 per cent. of all the deaths,
the equivalent rate in all London being 20.8.
The deaths of illegitimate children under five years of age were
88, equal to 47.6 per cent. on the registered illegitimate births, the
rate in legitimates being only 25. In the Brompton sub-district
the illegitimate births and deaths were equal in number (19), the
explanation being that some of the children were nurslings, and
probably born out of the parish. The fact remains, nevertheless,
that the death rate in illegitimate children is very high, and it is
easily accounted for, by the general absence of maternal care, not
to mention any less demonstrable reasons.