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properly belonging to the district is found to be 570, and the deathrate
12.95. The death-rate for England and Wales for the same
period is given as 18.3. The deaths which occurred outside the
district among persons belonging thereto, which have come to my
knowledge, were 21 at Kingston Infirmary, and 3 in Brookwood
Asylum. The deaths which occurred within the district among
persons not belonging thereto were 6 in Atkinson Morley's Hospital,
2 at the Cottage Hospital, North Wimbledon, and 3 at the
Cottage Hospital, South Wimbledon.
Infant mortality is represented by a ratio of 145.11 deaths
under one year of age to 1,000 registered births, as against 154
deaths per 1,000 births in England and Wales for the same period.
Between the ages of 1 and 60 there were 239 deaths, and 164
deaths of persons aged 60 years and upwards.
The death-rate from all Zymotic diseases was 1.77 per thousand
of the population per annum.
Influenza caused 19 deaths, the same number as last year, 2
in 1898, 4 in 1897, 4 in 1896, 14 in 1895, 10 in 1894, and 20 in
1893.
There were 42 deaths from Bronchitis, 61 from Pneumonia,
and 20 from Phthisis. (See Table 7, in which is classified the whole
of the deaths as to their causes and ages). In column 2 will be
seen the chief causes of mortality among the 153 infants who died
during the year. Comparing the deaths from Respiratory diseases
with those that occurred last year, a marked increase is noted.
The deaths from Pneumonia number 61, against 44 last year; and
from Bronchitis 42, against 34 last year.
The number of deaths from Zymotic diseases (including
Influenza) was 78, viz.: from Measles 17, Diphtheria 10, Diarrhoea
19, Whooping Cough 5, Enteric Fever 5, Erysipelas 3, Influenza
19.
Table A shows for the last year and the four preceding years
the births, deaths, death-rates, and the deaths at certain ages, and
from specified causes.