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was 1.31, and that among males, 2.56 per 1,000 in
each sex.
Developmental Diseases.
From these diseases, if the conditions included
in this group can be properly so called, there were
133 deaths last year, equal to a rate of l.09 per
1,000 of the total population.
Premature birth.—In respect of 65 infants, death
was ascribed to this cause, 39 being males, and 26
females. In the whole Parish, the mortality from
this cause was equal to 22.93 per 1,000 births
registered, 26.84 for males, and 18.82 for females.
Of the infants born in the District of St. Mary, the
mortality among males was 29.03, and that among
females, 19.44, the corresponding figures for the
District of St. John being 14.07, and 15.15.
In London there were 2,361 deaths from premature
births, 140 in excess of the corrected annual
average number, and equal to a rate of 18.07 per
1,000 births.
Local Diseases.
There were 829 deaths from diseases limited
(more or less) to special organs, equal to 45.2 per
cent, of all deaths, and a rate of 6.82 per 1,000.
Among the inhabitants of the St. Mary's District,
there were 622 deaths (42.9 per cent, of all the
deaths in this District), equal to a rate of 6.99 per
1,000 of the population thereof. In the St. John's
District, the deaths from these diseases (207) were