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death-rate, and 9 with a less infantile mortality-rate. Taking
the 10 South Metropolitan Districts, Lewisham has the smallest
general death-rate per 1000 of the population, viz. : 11.7, and
Bermondsey the highest, viz. : 18.7, as compared with 14.8 for
Lambeth, 14.5 for Battersea, and 18.5 for Southwark.
London, as a whole, has a birth-rate of 27.1, corrected deathrate
of 15.1, a corrected zymotic (death-) rate of 1.7 per 1000
population, and an infant mortality (corrected) of 129 per 1000
births; and England and Wales a birth-rate of 27.2, a death-rate
of 15.2, a zymotic death-rate of l.52 per 1000 population, and
an infantile mortality of 128 per 1000 births; and the 76 great
towns of England and Wales a birth-rate of 28.2, a death-rate of
15.7, a zymotic death-rate of 1.88 per 1000 population, and an
infantile mortality of 140 per 1000 births.
Age-Periods of Corrected Deaths.
The 4646 corrected deaths during 1905 may be further
analysed, and tabulated as follow :—
1014, i.e., 21.8 per cent. of the total (corrected) deaths took
place under 1 year of age.
441, i.e., 9.5 ,, between 1 and 5 years.
1455, i.e., 31.3 „ under 5 years.
204, i.e., 4.4 „ between 5 and 20 years.
542, i.e., 11.7 „ 20 to 40 years.
963, i.e., 20.7 „ 40 to 60 years.
1179, i.e., 25.4 „ 60 to 80 years.
303, i.e., 6.5 ,, 80 years and over.
3191, i.e., 6.9 „ over 5 years.
These results may be compared with those for London given
in the Table on p. 21 which shows the estimated mortalities per
1000 persons at each age-period for London during 1905 and the
London averages for the 10 years 1881-90.