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The Kensington rate of infantile mortality was exceeded
in 14 of the sanitary districts; viz.:—Hammersmith, 183;
Bermondsey, 187; Fulham, 189; Strand, 189; Newington,
191; Clerkenwell, 193; St. George-in-the-East, 200; St.
Saviour, Southwark, 203; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 203;
Shoreditch, 204: St. George, Southwark, 205; Westminster,
207; Limehouse, 216; and Holborn, 226. In the remaining
28 districts the rate was below that of Kensington (in 23 of
them it was also below that of London as a whole), the lowest
rates being in Stoke Newington, 103; St. Giles, 112; Marylebone
and Plumstead, 124; Hampstead and St. George,
Hanover Square, 129; Lee, 141; St. James's, Westminster, 142;
Lewisham, 143; City of London, 144; St. Olave, Southwark,
and Whitechapel, 147; St. Luke, 149; Paddington, 151;
Hackney and Wandsworth, 153; Camberwell, Lambeth, and
Mile End, 158; and Islington, 160.
The deaths of children over one year and under five years
of age were 290: the total deaths under five years, therefore,
were 932, as compared with 1,111, 912, and 1,039, in the preceding
three years successively, being equal to 260 per 1,000
births; the relative proportion in London as a whole being
248. The deaths of illegitimate children under five years of
age, 104, 126, and 87, in the three preceding years respectively,
were 103 in 1899; of which 96 were registered in the Town
sub-district, and 7 in Brompton. These deaths were equal to
53.9 per cent. on the 191 births registered as illegitimate. Of
the 103 children, 15 only survived the first year of life.
Senile Mortality.—At sixty years of age and upwards
there were 943 deaths, as compared with 778, 735, and 862, in
the three preceding years respectively. These deaths were
equivalent to 312 per 1,000 deaths at all ages. The relative
proportion in all London was 259 per 1,000.