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This satisfactory return is almost identical with that which I presented
two years ago, and shows, so far as our district is concerned, a diminution
in the death-rate of 2.7 per 1,000, when contrasted with the year 1896.
I append a Table showing the correct number of District Deaths for each
Sub-registration District during the past ten years:-

The excess of births over deaths for the year 1896 was 1,554. In the
three preceding years it was, respectively, 1,808, 1,508, and 1,194.
The ages at death of the Residents who died during the year are recorded
in Table F. of the Appendix.
The percentage of deaths for each Age period was as follows:—
28 4% of the total deaths took place under the age of 1 year.
10 .7 ,, ,, ,, between the ages of 1 and 5.
4 7,, ,, ,, ,, 5 and 20.
12.7 ,, ,, ,, ,, 20 and 40.
19 .5 ,, ,, ,, ,, 40 and GO.
15.7,. „ ,, „ 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
26.1 per cent. of the total deaths, and 16.1 per cent. of the registered
births; whilst in the Whitechapel District those infants who died under the
age of one year equalled 28.4 per cent. of the total deaths, and 14.4 per
cent. of the registered births.
The deaths of children under five years of age, including the above, were
for London equal to 42.7 per cent. of the total deaths, and 26.3 per cent.
of the registered births; and for the Whitechapel District they were equal
to 45.1 per cent. of the total deaths, and 22.9 per cent. of the registered
births.
Table It has been introduced to enable one readily to contrast the
mortality per cent. from each class of disease to total deaths, as regards
both the Whitechapel District and the Metropolis as a whole.
In three classes only are there any considerable differences between
them. In the Zymotic class, whereas London exhibits an increased
mortality, the death-rate for the Whitechapel District has become again
diminished. On the other hand, owing to circumstances, which are easily
understood, the District deaths from both the Respiratory and Constitutional
classes of disease are proportionally greater than in the case of the entire
Metropolis.
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