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In the St. James' District there were 1,006
deaths, or a percentage of 58.1, corresponding
to a yearly death rate of 17.1 per 1,000
inhabitants.
During the first quarter of the year the registered
deaths numbered 458, or 26.4 per cent.; in the
second quarter, 386, or 22.3 per cent.; in the third
quarter, 459, or 26.4 per cent. ; and in the fourth
quarter, 428, or 24.7 per cent, of the total deaths
of the entire year.
The number of deaths of infants under one year
of age was 544, of which 117 took place in the
Leather Market District; 97 in St. Mary
Magdalen's, and 330 in St. James's. The infantile
death rate, or the proportion of the deaths of
infants in the first year of life to 1,000 registered
births, was 170 for the entire Parish : —l9O in the
Leather Market; 164 in St. Mary Magdalen ; and
165 in St. James's District. Compared with the
previous year, there is an increase in this rate in
the two last-mentioned districts.
In London the infantile death rate was 158 ; in
28 great towns it averaged 168; in 50 large town
districts, 153; and throughout England and
Wales, 145. The proportion reached 209 in
Leicester and 214 in Preston.
The number of deaths in persons of 60 years of
age and upwards was 282, or 16.3 per cent, of the
total deaths. The first quarter of the year, being
the coldest, is most fatal to the aged, and the third,
or hottest quarter, to young children.