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This remarkable diminution in the number of deaths during 1894,
as compared with preceding years, augments the excess of births over
deaths, which for the year under consideration was 1,568 as contrasted
with 1,194 for the year 1893.
The ages at death of the Residents who died during the year are to
be seen in Table F* of the Appendix.
The percentage of Deaths for each Age period was as follows:—
30.8% of the total deaths took place under the age of 1 year.
19.3 „ „ „ between the ages of 1 and 5.
3.6 „ ,, ,, „ 5 and 20.
12.3 „ „ ,, „ 20 and 40.
17.0 „ „ „ „ 40 and 60.
14.0 ,, „ „ ,, 60 and 80.
2.1 „ „ „ over the age of 80.
Compared with the Metropolitan deaths, including Whitechapel, the
infant deaths were as follows:—
The deaths of infants under the age of one year, in London, equalled
24.3 per cent. of the total deaths, and 14.3 per cent. of the registered
births; whilst in the Whitechapel District those infants who died
under the age of one year equalled 30.8 per cent. of the total deaths,
and 15.4 per cent. of the registered births.
The deaths of children under five years of age, including the above,
were for London equal to 40.7 per cent. of the total deaths, and 25.5
per cent. of the registered births; and for the Whitechapel District
they were equal to 50.1 per cent. of the total deaths, and 25.1 per
per cent. of the registered births. Table It has been constructed to
enable one readily to contrast the mortality per cent. from each class
of disease to total deaths, as regards the Whitechapel District, and
the Metropolis as a whole. What do we find? Evidence, as usual,
that diseases of the Zymotic class are more fatal elsewhere than in our
district; because, whereas the percentage of deaths to total deaths
from Zymotic diseases in London equalled 17.45, in the Whitechapel
District the percentage was only 15.62.
* Page 27.
† Page 29.