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Deaths under 5 years of age, 111.
Deaths over 5 years of age, 193.
The proportion of deaths under one year of age to registered
births (i.e., the infant mortality) was 131 per 1,000, compared
with 146 per 1,000 for England and Wales.
DEATHS PROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths from all causes included:—
Rate per 1000.
England
Bromley, and Wales.
From Scarlet Fever 1 .03 .11
„ Measles 3 .1o .36
„ Whooping Cough 11 .37 .34
„ Enteric Fever 2 .06 .09
„ Diarrhæa 24 .82 .86
There were no deaths from smallpox or diphtheria.
Thus 41 deaths were attributed to these principal zymotic
diseases, being at the rate of 1.40 per 1,000, compared with a
rate of 1.94 for England and Wales, and 2.19 for the Outer
Ring of London.
Mean of 10 years. Death Rate. Zymotic Death Rate.
1884-1893 12.9 l.6o
1894-1903 11.5 1.57
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.