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of aged persons from the workhouse. In St. James'
District the death-rate was nearly two per thousand
less than in 1891.
The number of deaths registered in the first
quarter of the year was 540 ; in the second quarter
350; in the third quarter 326, and in the last
quarter 316. The mortality during the first quarter
was exceptionally heavy, and during the last quarter
unusually light.
The number of deaths of children under one
year of age in the Parish was 489, and in outlying
institutions 27. The proportion of deaths of infants
was 162 per thousand registered births. In the
Leather Market District, this proportion was 216;
in St. Mary Magdalen, 153; and in St. James', 134.
For every ten infants born in St. James' District
which do not survive their birth for a period of
twelve months, there are under the same circumstances
sixteen that perish in the Leather Market
District.
The number of persons who died in the workhouse
was 17, against 132 in the previous year.
The annual rate of mortality in London was 20.6
per thousand of the estimated population.
The value of the death-rate as an index of the
salubrity, or otherwise, of any particular district
depends on the constitution of the population of
that district with regard to age. It is obvious that
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