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DEATHS OF INFANTS.
The corrected number of deaths of Residents under
one year of age registered was 414 against 474 in the
previous year. The number of deaths of infants under
one year of age registered last year was equal to 252
per 1,000 of the total deaths of Residents registered,
and to 133 per 1,000 of the total registered births. The
number of deaths of infants under one year of age in
London last year was equal to 232 per 1,000 of the total
deaths registered, and 131 per 1,000 of the total
registered births. The mortality rate of infants under
one year of age was, as compared with the total deaths of
Residents registered, 20 per 1,000, and, as compared
with the total births registered, 2 per 1,000 greater in
this Borough than in London. The very small difference
between the deaths of infants under one year of age per
1,000 births registered and the same deaths in London
is only what might reasonably be expected upon taking
into consideration the social condition of a large
proportion of the inhabitants in the Borough. The
considerable difference between deaths of infants in this
Borough per 1,000 deaths registered as compared with
the same deaths in London is accounted for by the much
lower general death rate in this Borough than in London.
The following table on infantile mortality has been
prepared by me in accordance with the direction of the
Local Government Board.