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Infantile Mortality.
Of the total registered deaths which took place last
year no fewer than 162 occurred in infants under one year
of age (as compared with 155, 144, and 185 in the three
preceding years), and 92 between the ages of one and five
years, or a total of 254 deaths amongst children under
5 years of age.
The mortality of infants under 1 year was in the proportion
of 152 deaths per 1,000 of registered births.
In all London 21,853 infants died, corresponding to a
rate of 161 per 1,000 births, as compared with an average
rate of 155 in the ten years immediately preceding.
In St. Giles the diseases which caused the greatest
fatality were:—Measles, whooping-cough, diarrhoea, tubercular
meningitis, premature birth, convulsions, bronchitis,
pneumonia, and debility from birth.
Senile Mortality.
At 65 years and upwards there were 152 deaths,
compared with 184, 152, and 173 in the preceding three
years.
These deaths occurred at the following advanced
ages:—
51 between 65 and 70 years.
75 „ 70 „ 80 „
26 „ 80 „ 90 „
35 of the deaths were certified as "old age;" 117 of
the remainder were caused from diseases of the brain,
heart, and lungs.