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table on opposite page; of 42 between the ages of 5 and 15, of which 15 were due
to the same cause; of 48 between 15 and 25; of 40 between 25 and
35; of 69 between 35 and 45: and of 11 between 45 and 55. There was,
however, an increase of 12 in the age period 55-65; of 24 in that of 65-75; of
38 in that of 75 and 85, and of 22 above 88 years of age. These figures are
most satisfactory because they show a decrease in the number of deaths exactly
at those periods of life which are most affected by the sanitary conditions
amidst which people live, and are therefore, testimony to the improvement
that has taken place in them.
Mortality in the Sub-Registration Districts.—The highest deathrate,
17.90 per 1,000, was experienced in Barnsbury where the deaths numbered
967, and the lowest, 11.63, in Highbury where 779 were registered. In Lower
Holloway the rate was 17.30, and the the deaths numbered 721; while in
Islington South-east the rate was 15.51 per 1,000, and 1,184 deaths were
recorded. In Upper Holloway the death rate reached only to 15.05 with 542
deaths, and in Tufnell it was as low as 12.70 per 1,000, caused by 432 deaths;
Tollington was nearly as healthy as Highbury, for there the death-rate reached
to only 11.82 per 1,000 with 425 deaths. (Vide Table XVIII.)
Mortality in the Wards.—The most healthy ward was Mildmay,
where the death-rate was 10.32 per 1,000, and then followed in order Tollington
11.82, Tufnell 12.70, Highbury 13.32, Canonbury 13.43, St. Mary's 14.62,
Upper Holloway 15.05, St. Peter's 16.43, Lower Holloway 17.29, Barnsbury
17.51, and Thornhill 18.15 Per 1,000 inhabitants. (Vide Table XIX).
SEASONAL MORTALITY.
The mortality during the year varied considerably according to the
season. Thus in the first quarter there were 1,391 deaths registered, and the
death-rate was 16.12 per 1,000, or 3.83 per 1,000 below the mean-rate of the
similar quarters of the preceding twenty years. In the second quarter they
fell to 1,151, equal to a death-rate of 13.34 Per 1.000, or 3.05 below the meanrate
of the years 1886-1905. Again in the third quarter the mortality slightly
increased, the death-rate being 13.48 per 1,000, but 2.48 below the record of
the years mentioned, while in the fourth quarter it rose still further to 15.59,
which was, however, 2.79 below the mean-rate of the twenty years.
Very full particulars as to the causes of death have been published already
in the reports for the several quarters.