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DEATHS OF INFANTS.
Twenty-eight and a half per cent. of the deaths from all causes
were those of infants aged less than twelve months, for, out of 4,869
children born alive, 829 died before reaching the age of one year,
thus giving a death rate, calculated upon the births, of 170.3, while
the corresponding rate for the whole of London was 160.
DEATHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
More than half the deaths (1,487, that is 51 per cent.) were those
of children aged less than five years, equivalent to a rate of 82.6
calculated upon the estimated population of young children.
OLD PERSONS DEATH RATE.
The deaths of elderly persons, that is to say, those over 65 years
of age, numbered 444. This gives a rate of 93.5 per thousand
calculated upon the estimated population of old persons.
SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
Table K23 (A) in the appendix is prepared strictly in accordance
with the directions of the Local Government Board. It is, however,
useless for statistical purposes, as it takes into account only the
deaths actually registered in the parish, and I make no further
reference to it. I have prepared a modification of this table in
which all Institution deaths of parishioners, either in or out of the
parish, have been allocated to their districts, and I call this Table
III. (B).
I have calculated out a mortality rate for each of the diseases
or classes of disease set forth, and compared them with similar
calculations for 1895.
The diseases shewing increased mortality over last year are:—
Scarlet fever, enteric fever, measles, whooping cough, and rheumatic
fever.
Those shewing a diminished mortality are:—Diphtheria, erysipelas,
diarrhœa, phthisis, heart disease, and injuries.