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21 such deaths occurred in the infirmary; 18 in the River
Thames and the Surrey Commercial Docks, 2 in the street, 1 in
a factory, 1 in Southwark Park.
337 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying institutions,
against 288 in 1923, and 496 in 1922. 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 78 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
Table A. — Infantile Mortality.
Whole Borough.
London.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
Year.
1914
487
129
11,395
104
11,369
1915
537
154
104
1916
88
364
108
8,819
1917
335
125
8,273
103
1918
322
139
7,965
107
1919
262
99
7,039
85
337
1920
83
75
-
1921
306
95
80
-
1922
324
102
-
-
1923
220
76
-
-
Average for years
1914-1923
111
-
-
349
1924
229
-
78
-
DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
There has been a decrease in the deaths from these diseases, the
figures being 117 against 125 in the previous year, and 212 the
average for the last 10 years. This gives a zymotic death-rate
of ·95.