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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 14.4 deaths
per 1,000 persons living.
DEATHS OF INFANTS.
The corrected number of deaths of residents
under one year of age registered last year was 276,
against 314 in the previous year. The number of
deaths of infants under one year of age registered last
year was equal to 161 per 1,000 of the total corrected
deaths of residents registered, and to 94 per 1,000 of
the total corrected registered births. The number of
deaths of infants under one year of age, residents in
London last year, was equal to 175 per 1,000 of the total
deaths registered, and 104 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, 14 per 1,000 less in this Borough than in
London, and as compared with the total births
registered 10 per 1,000 less in this Borough than in
London.
DEATHS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The corrected number of deaths of illegitimate
children under 1 year of age was 28, or at the rate of
125 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
The following table on infantile mortality has been
prepared by me in accordance with the direction of the
Local Government Board.