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County of London was 166 per 1,ooo, the fates in the various
Sanitary Districts ranging from 108 in Stoke Newington, 120 in
St. George, Hanover Square, and 128 in the City of London, to
208 in Limehouse, 211 in St. Saviour's, and 221 in Holborn.
In the 33 large provincial towns, the infantile mortality was
178 per 1,000, ranging from 150 in Croydon, 153 in Huddersfield,
and 156 in Portsmouth, to 208 in Gateshead, 212 in Salford, and 225
in Preston.
DEATHS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
65 of the children who died before attaining the age of 1 year
were illegitimate, the mortality among them being in the proportion
of 380 deaths to 1,000 births, or more than twice as heavy as that
of children born in wedlock.

Between the ages of 1 and 5 years 306 deaths were registered,
so that the deaths of children under the age of 5 years numbered
1,028 or 47.9 per cent, of the total number of deaths.
These deaths were equal to an annual rate of 582 per 1,000
of the population estimated to be living at that age, the corresponding
rate for the Metropolis being 63.8
During the previous 5 years the average death-rate of children
under 5 years of age has been in Fulham 62.9, and in London 64.8.
insurance of infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies Acts were issued in
respect of 542 children under 5 years of age, and 69 in respect of
those between 5 and 10, 56 per cent, of the children dying at these
ages being insured.