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INFANT MORTALITY.
The proportion of deaths under one year of age to registered
births (i.e., the Infant Mortality) was 60.8 per 1,000,
compared with 128 per 1,000 for England and Wales.
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths from all causes included:—
Rate per 1000
Bromley.
England
and Wales.
From Scarlet Fever
2
.06
.11
„ Whooping Cough
5
.16
.25
„ Diarrhoea
8
.26
.59
„ Diphtheria
10
.33
.16
There were no deaths from smallpox, enteric fever or
measles.
Thus 25 deaths were attributed to these principal zymotic
diseases, being at the rate of .83 per 1,000, compared with
a rate of 1.52 for England and Wales, and 1.53 for the
Outer Ring of London.
Mean of 10 years. Death Rate Zymotic Death Hate.
1885-1894 13.0 1.53
1895-1904 11.2 1.52
Generally speaking, the effects of sanitary improvements
and precautionary methods are best indicated by a lower
death rate from Infectious Diseases, Fever, Diarrhœa, Consumption,
and amongst children under 5 years of age from
all causes.
I therefore show these rates in Bromley during the last
10 years.