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the range of subjects considered, and 1 think that no one, who
has the welfare of the infants at heart, can find fault with the
opinions expressed therein.
AN ANALYSIS OF DEATH CAUSES.
All death causes are conveniently arranged under various
headings, and the following table, a summary of the larger tables,
in the Appendix, shows the death rates for residents, and in fact
all persons belonging to the Borough, although some of them may
have died in Institutions in other Boroughs, or even outside the
County of London altogether, per 1,000 of the population living
in the Borough, according to the Registrar-General's classification
of diseases.
1905.
Infective Diseases—
Epidemic 1.49
Sporadic 0.0l
Venereal 0.05
Septic 0.13
Malarial 0.05
Tuberculosis 1.79
Parasitic Diseases 0.0
Dietic Diseases 0.07
Constitutional Diseases 1.16
Developmental Diseases 2.53
Local Diseases—
Nervous System 1.19
Organs of Special Sense 0.02
Circulatory System 1.18
Respiratory System 1.93
1905.
Local Diseases—continued.
Digestive System 0.54
Lymphatic 0.01
Urinary System 0.47
Reproductive System 0.03
Parturition 0.07
Bones and Joints 0.01
Integumentary System. 0.05
External Causes—
Accidents 0.40
Homicide 0.01
Suicide 0.08
Ill-defined Causes—
Sudden Death 0.0
Other ill-detined and not
specified causes 0.0