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which occurred, 224 at the West London Hospital,
22 at Nazareth House, 12 at the Hammersmith
Infirmary, and 1 at St. John's Hospital, Uxbridge Road,
the corrected number of deaths of residents registered
last year was 1,913. On the before-mentioned estimated
population, the corrected number of deaths of
residents registered last year was equal to an annual
rate of 15.7 deaths per 1,000 persons living. The death
rate in London on the estimated population of London
up to the middle of the year was equal to an annual
rate of 15.8 deaths per 1,000 persons living. This is
the first time that information has been supplied by the
Registrar-General to enable me to correct the death
rate by adding the deaths of parishioners that have
occurred outside London.
DEATHS OF INFANTS.
The corrected number of deaths of residents
under one year of age registered last year was 434,
against 304 in the previous year. The number of
deaths of infants under one year of age registered last
year was equal to 227 per 1,000 of the total deaths of
residents registered, and to 148 per 1,000 of the total
registered births. The number of deaths of infants
under one year of age, residents in London last year,
was equal to 212 per 1,000 of the total deaths registered,
and 129 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,
15 per 1,000, and, as compared with the total births
registered, 19 per 1,000 greater in this Borough than in
London. The great increase in infant mortality last
year was due to the prolonged hot and dry weather in
the summer. It clearly shows how little the infantile
mortality can be controlled by official action and how
greatly it is dependent on climatic conditions. Had
there been a reduction of infant mortality one might have
assumed that it was due to official advice to mothers.
The following table on infantile mortality has been
prepared by me in accordance with the direction of the
Local Government Board.