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infantile mortality.
The number of deaths of children under five years of age was:—
Bloomsbury and St. Giles 146
Holborn Sub-District 192
Holborn Borough 308
The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of
children under one year of age per thousand registered births, were the following for:—
Deaths under
1 year of age.
Deaths under
1 year per 1,000
births.
86
86
Holborn Sub-District
127
195
Holborn Borough
213
129
London
18,478
139
The principal causes of death of these 213 chi'dren under one year of age were:—
Premature Birth 28
Malnutrition, debility, &c 65
Bronchitis 20
Pneumonia and Pleurisy 27
Tubercular Diseases 10
Small-pox 3
Measles 6
Whooping Cough 7
Diphtheria 5
Diarrhœa 11
Enteritis 3
Epidemic Influenza 1
Venereal Diseases 5
Septic Diseases 2
Heart Disease 3
Suffocation in bed and accidental 17
213
senile mortality.
The number of deaths of persons 65 years of age and upwards was in:—
Bloomsbury and St. Giles 121
Holborn Sub-District 145
Holborn Borough 266
Bloomsbury and
St. Giles.
Holborn
Sub-District.
Total.
Of these the numbers were—
65 years and under 70 29 50 79
70 „ „ 75 37 30 73
75 „ „ 80 20 32 62
80 „ „ 85 23 21 44
. 85 „ „ 90 10 5 15
90 years of age 1 — 1
82 „ „ — 1 1
94 „ „ 1 — 1
121 145 266