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52 mortality of childhood.
303 children attending the Consultations are known to have occurred, equal to a mortality
of 36 per 1,000. It is believed that all the deaths have been traced, but it is not possible to
be certain on the point.
Mortality at ages One to Five Years.
The total mortality at these was 13.87 per 1,000 persons last year, as compared with a
mean rate of 16.17 for the five years 1904-08. The rate among males was 13.09 and that
among females 14*14 as compared with mean rates of 17.23 and 15.00 respectively. Since
1904 the figures necessary to calculate the rates for each of the four years included in the
group have been extracted. The rates for persons are given below in comparison with the
quinquennial means (except at ages 4-5, where the mean is for four years only).
Mortality Rates
Ages.
1— 2— 3— 4-5
1909 26.43 11.90 6.08 6.53
(1904-08) (1905-08)
Mean Rates 31.03 12.42 8.23 4.77
The corresponding rates recorded in the Wards cannot be ascertained prior to 1906
the year following the receipt of the first returns of registration of births. It is useless, at
present, to determine any mean rates and the annual figures for the years at present available
are therefore set out in Table 38. The principal causes of death at these ages are given in
Table 39.
TABLE 38.
Mortality Rates: One to Five Years.
Per 1,000 Survivors.
Locality.
1—
2—
3—
4—5
1909
1908.
1907.
1906.
1909.
1908.
1907.
1909.
1908.
1909.
m.
F.
m.
F.
m.
F.
m.
f.
m.
f.
m.
F.
m.
F.
m.
F.
m.
F.
m.
F.
Borough
28.3
23.8
30.4
25.6
44.0
29.0
26.6
24.9
8.5
15.3
14.4
8.0
16.8
17.7
5.5
6.5
7.8
13.0
5.0
8.0
Queen's Park
24.8
9.3
32.7
22.7
46.0
45.2
16.3
36.2
9.6
17.4
19.3
5.2
11.1
10.7
—
—
5.5
5.4
11.5
10.9
Harrow Road
10.0
13.1
23.2
21.7
30.3
15.5
16.4
30.6
5.9
8.3
7.8
7.8
16.7
20.1
2.6
—
8.4
14.6
5.7
8.9
Maida Vale
30.9
34.8
40.0
16.8
65.5
9.9
32.9
5.2
10.4
11.4
17.5
5.0
11.3
21.1
5.9
10.1
—
21.6
—
—
Westbourne
44.2
17.4
29.7
36.5
38.6
41.8
25.9
9.0
5.1
9.4
10.0
5.4
22.2
9.0
10.1
10.9
18.1
18.3
—
—
Church
50.1
50.3
31.9
36.9
60.7
44.2
47.3
45.0
15.0
35.1
23.5
14.2
12.4
30.3
12.0
14.4
9.4
10.4
9.5
17.5
Lancaster Gate,
West
-
-
27.0
-
33.3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
„ East
37.1
-
35.7
-
31.2
-
21.2
-
-
-
-
-
21.7
-
-
30.3
-
-
-
-
Hyde Park
—
13.3
25.9
12.0
10.4
39.0
11.4
10.7
-
—
10.5
13.5
46.5
10.8
-
-
-
10.9
-
11.1
The mortality at these ages fluctuates very much from year to year, depending largely on
the periodic return of measles and whooping cough. The data available at present have
been collated for so few years that it would be useless to speculate on the meaning of the
changes. It must suffice to note that it is satisfactory to find that the rates for three out of
four ages were lower last year than the mean rates.