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The per-centages show only small differences in the rate
of deaths of both sexes in middle life; but, taking into
consideration the larger number of females living, the rates
tell the same tale even at these periods of life, but less strongly
than in early childhood and advanced life. As these calculations
are based on above 36,000 deaths, and extend over 21 years,
they may be taken as a fair average for Hackney, and will form
a basis for comparison in future.
I shall now proceed to consider the per-centages of the
deaths of males and females for the years 1850-72 inclusive.
The table indicates that during these years out of each 1000
deaths at all ages, 216 occurred during the first year of life,
and 160 between 1 and 5 years of age, making 376 under 5
years old. That 58 deaths per 1000 happened between 5 and
15 years of age, 55 between 15 and 25, 72 between 25 and 35,
the same number between 35 and 45, 74 between 45 and 55,
85 between 55 and 65, 105 between 65 and 75, 80 between 75
and 85, and no less than 23 above the very advanced age of 85.
An analysis of the table also shows that whilst since 1862
there has not been a smaller rate of mortality under 1 year than
223 per 1000 deaths, yet before that period, and including that
year, there was a smaller ratio in all years except 1858. The
smallest rate was 173 per 1000 deaths in 1862, and the highest
256, which occurred in 1872. It is somewhat singular that the
year in which the lowest rate of deaths under 1 year occurred
should have been the one immediately preceding the years in
which the death rate under 1 year became much higher, as in
1863 it was 224 per 1000 deaths; in 1864 it was 223; in 1865,
246; in 1866, 235; in 1867, 248; in 1868, 254; in 1869,
234; in 1870, 237; in 1871, 226; and in 1872, 256 per 1000
deaths.