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Mortality Rates.
In the following table are given the mortality rates of
Heckfield Place and the other selected areas, together
with those of the whole Borough for the five years
1908-1912.
The most striking point in the table is the enormous
infantile mortality in Heckfield Place, which is thrice that
of the whole Borough, and more than double that of the
adjoining Avenues, which are similar in the character of
the houses, and in the lack of open space around, to
Heckfield Place, while the inhabitants are certainly as
poor.
The excessive mortality from epidemic diseases in
Heckfield Place is due almost entirely to diarrhoea and
measles; the excess in notifiable diseases such as scarlet
fever and diphtheria not being very noticeable.