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CLASS XII.—Violence, Suicides, &c. (16). — Sixteen
residents of the Borough committed suicide.
NOTE:—Chart B contains a diagramatic comparison of
deaths occurring in various groups.
Inquests:-During the period under review 129 inquests
were held in the Borough, in relation to which 79 post mortem
examinations were made. Nine of these inquests were in
respect to non-residents who had died in the Borough, representing
5 post mortems. On the other hand 11 inquests,
with 9 post mortems, were held in other districts on residents of
this Borough.
INFANT MORTALITY.
This mortality is measured by the proportion of deaths
of children under one year to every thousand births registered.
England and Wales.—During the year under review the
infant mortality rate throughout England and Wales was 109
per 1,000 births, which is the lowest on record, and 12 per
1,000 below the rate for 1908.
The returns for the 76 Great Towns also show a
considerable decrease, the rates being 118 in 1909, against 128
in 1908. The lowest infant mortality figures were registered
in Hornsey 61, King's Norton 72, Hastings 79, Croydon 80,
Barrow-in-Furrow 81, Leyton 82. The towns having the
highest rates were Nottingham and St. Helen's 150, Hanley 155,
Burnley 156, Middlesborough 158, Swansea 159, Wigan 173.
In London the infant mortality rate amounted to 108
per 1,000 births, compared with 113 in 1908. The lowest rates
in the Metropolis were recorded in Lewisham 75, Hampstead 75,
Stoke Newington 80, Woolwich 82, and Wandsworth 86:
the highest in Shoreditch 140, Bermondsey 138, Fins bury 131,
Poplar 129, and Bethnal Green 129.