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The deaths of children under 1 year of age to
1,000 births come out 135, against 167 for the
whole of London.
Deaths in City Institutions.
During 1899, 155 persons died in City Workhouses,
Workhouse Infirmaries or Lunatic
Asylums, or no less than 29.9 per cent. of the
whole City mortality, the corresponding figure
for the Metropolis being 17.8 per cent.
This high percentage is caused in the City by
the excessive proportion the number of
inmates in these places (exclusive of officers and
their families) bears to our population, the ratio
being about 1:25, as compared with 1:101 in
the Metropolis (Census 1891).
In other words, these figures represent that
1 in every 25 citizens is an inmate of either a
Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary or a Lunatic
Asylum, in comparison with 1 in every 101
inhabitants of the Metropolis.
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