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Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
Between the ages of one and five years 237 deaths were recorded,
so that the deaths of children tinder the age of five years
numbered 782, or 36.3 per cent, of the deaths of all ages. This
number corresponds to a death-rate of 37.0 per 1,000 of the
population estimated to be living at that age, which is the lowest
death-rate recorded in Fulham at that age period, and 16.1 per
1,000 below the average rate of the preceding ten years.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, were
issued in respect of 409 children under 5, 52.3 per cent, of the
children dying at that age period being insured.
Mortality at School Age.
At the ages of 5-15 years, which is approximately the school
period of life, there were 89 deaths, or 4.1 per cent, of the total
number, representing a mortality of 2.6 per 1,000 of those living
at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
Between the ages of IB and 25 years, 76, or 3.5 per cent, of
all the deaths were recorded, the death-rate at this age period
being 3.0 per 1,000.
Mortality at Maturity.
761, or 35.3 per cent., of the deaths occurred between the
ages of 25 and 65 years, the mortality being at the rate of 10.3
per 1,000.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of 65 and upwards there were 449 deaths, or 20.8
per cent, of those at all ages, corresponding to a death-rate of
82.8 per 1,000.