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Between the age of one and five years 411 deaths were
recorded, so that the deaths of children under the age of five
years numbered 1,119, or 45 per cent. of the total number of
deaths.
These deaths were equal to an annual rate of 59.1 per 1,000
of the population estimated to be living at that age.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
95 of the children who died before attaining the age of
one year were illegitimate, the mortality among them being in
the proportion of 383 deaths to every 1,000 births, or more than
twice as heavy as that of children born in wedlock.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies' Acts were issued
in respect of 554 children under the age of 5 years, upwards of
49 per cent, of the children dying at this age being insured.
Mortality at School Age.
At the age of 5 to 15 years, which is approximately the
school period of life, there were 104 deaths or 4.2 per cent, of
those at all ages, being equivalent to a rate of 3.5 per 1,000 of
those living at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
Between the ages of 15 and 25 years, 92 deaths or 3.7 per
per cent, of the total number were recorded, the rate of mortality
being 3.9 per 1,000.
Mortality at Maturity.
765 or 30.8 per cent. of the deaths occurred between the
ages of 25 and 65, the mortality at this age period being at the
rate of 11.6 per 1,000.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of 65 and upwards there were 408 deaths, or 16.5
per cent. of those at all ages, corresponding to a death-rate of
85.0 per 1,000.