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During the same period the births have numbered 26,838,
and the resulting average infant mortality for the last 13 years
has been 111.1 per 1,000 births.
The infant deaths in 1923 were chiefly in the following
streets:—Lever Street (9), Gee Street (7), Northampton Street
(4), Cumming Street (3), Moreland Street (3), Richard Street (3),
Southampton Street (3), Affleck Street (2), Busaco Street (2),
Goswell Road (2), Galway Street (2), Hermes Street (2), Henry
Street (2), Myddelton Street (2), Penton Street (2), President
Street (2), Risinghill Street (2), Seward Street (2), Winchester
Street (2), Wynyatt Street (2).
Infant Mortality by Districts.—The infant mortality rates
for the period 1909—1923 arranged according to districts are
given in the subjoined table.