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73
This number is equivalent to an annual death-rate of
21.3 per 1,000, one point below the decennial average.
The death-rate of the whole parish of St. Giles-in-theFields
was 11.4 per 1,000 higher than that of St. George,
Bloomsbury.
In England and Wales 568,758 deaths were registered^
corresponding to an annual death-rate of 18.7 per 1,000,
an increase of 2.1 per 1,000 on the low rate in the previous
year.
In Registration London the number of deaths was
86,937, and the death-rate 19.8 per 1,000; the average
rate in the previous ten years having been 20.1.
Infantile Mortality.
In 1895, the deaths of young children under 5 years
of age bear a higher ratio to total deaths than in the
preceding year.
185 of the infants died under 1 year, and 88 between
1 and 5 years, together 273 deaths.
The mortality of infants under 1 year was in the proportion
of 165 deaths to 1,000 registered births, and 217
per 1,000 of total deaths, and the mortality of children
under 5 years was in the proportion of 320 per 1,000 of
total deaths.
The diseases which caused the greatest fatality amongst
our infantile population were—measles 12, whooping-cough
12, diphtheria 11, diarrhoea 27, scrofula 26, premature
birth 32, convulsions 18, bronchitis and pneumonia 61,
and general debility 16.