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The number of deaths in infants under one year
of age was 514, of which 136 took place in the
Leather Market District, 90 in St. Mary Magdalen's,
and 288 in St. James's.
The infantile death rate, or the proportion of
deaths of infants in the first year of life to 1,000
registered births was 153, for the entire Parish;
214 in the Leather Market; 143 in St. Mary
Magdalen; and 138 in the St. James's District.
In London the infantile death rate was 159; in 28
great towns it averaged 169; in fifty large town
Districts 164; and throughout England and Wales
150. The proportion reached 202 in Norwich, 209
in Blackburn, 211 in Leicester, and 233 in Preston.
The number of deaths in persons of 60 years
of age and upwards was 324, or 19 per cent.
Of these deaths 129 took place in the first or
coldest quarter of the year and only 40 in the
third or warmest quarter. The widow of a tanner
died at the extreme age of 100 years.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The principal diseases of the zymotic class
caused 279 deaths, or 16.4 per cent of the total
deaths, and were equal to a rate of 3 .10 per
thousand of the estimated population. The
zymotic death rate in London was 2.88. In the
previous year the zymotic deaths in Bermondsey
numbered 245, or 15.5 per cent. The average of
the preceding ten years, 1876-85, was 349
Small-pox, happily, does not appear in the
mortality returns. The deaths from this disease
in the entire Metropolitan area were only 24 in
number, and fewer, not merely relatively to the