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72 such deaths occurred in the infirmary; 1 in the workhouse,
27 in the River Thames and the Surrey Commercial
Docks, 1 at a Railway Station, 4 in the street, and 1 in a factory.
281 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying
institutions, against 313 in 1919, and 439 in 1918. The names
of the various places where the deaths occurred will be found in
columns 2 and 3 at foot of Table I. of Appendix.
Infantile Mortality.
The figure for this is 83 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
Table A. —Infantile Mortality.
Whole Borough.
London.
Year.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
502
11,809
1910
127
103
1911
611
159
14,440
129
114
10,056
1912
433
91
11,869
105
1913
505
131
487
129
11,395
1914
104
537
11,369
1915
154
104
364
8,819
88
1916
108
335
125
8,273
103
1917
322
139
7,965
107
1918
262
7,039
85
1919
99
Average for years
1910 1919.
436
129
10,303
102
75
1920
83
337
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
There has been an increase in the deaths from these
diseases, the figures being 163 against 113 in the previous year,
and 258 the average for the last ten years. This gives a zymotic
death-rate of 1.3.