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In arriving at this corrected death-rate, the deaths (28) of
non-parishioners who have died in Public Institutions within the
Parish have, of course, been excluded.
The corrected death-rate of the Parish for the year in question
is, therefore, below that of the preceding year (1898), when it was
14.6. In 1897 it was 15.0.
The rate is a very satisfactory one, even for Stoke Newington,
especially when it is borne in mind that over the greater part of
England and Wales the death-rates for the year 1899 are higher than
those of the preceding year.
District Mortality.—The deaths among parishioners of the
Northern Division of the Parish numbered 119 and furnished a
recorded death-rate of 9.3 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths among parishioners of the Southern Division of the
Parish numbered 328, and furnished a rate of 14.9 per 1,000 per
annum.
The higher rate in the Southern Division is mainly due to the
three following circumstances:—(1) There is more crowding upon
area in this Division, (2) the birth-rate is higher, and (3) the large
bulk of the poorer class parishioners are housed in this Division.
Infantile Mortality.—There were 82 deaths registered of infants
under 1 year of age, as against 769 births; the proportion which
the deaths under 1 year of age bear to the 1,000 births is, therefore,
103.9—as against 106.0 in the preceding year.
The corresponding rate in England and Wales was 163, that in
London generally 166, and that in the 33 great towns 181.
The deaths under 1 year of age form 18.3 per cent. of the total
deaths at all ages, whereas for the preceding year they formed 19.1
per cent.; the rate for England and Wales was 25.7 per cent.; for
London generally 25.9 per cent.; and for the 33 Great Towns 28.3
per cent.
Senile Mortality.—Of the 447 deaths 144 were of persons over 65
years of age. The proportion of deaths occurring among those of
over 65 years of age to the total deaths is, therefore, about 32.2 per
cent. There were 79 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, and