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Hospital Treatment.—Zymotic Enteritis.—The
arrangements made by the London County Council for the
provision of a number of beds for the treatment of zymotic
enteritis was continued.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.—The corrected number
of deaths of illegitimate infants under one year of
age was 16 or at the rate of 115 per 1,000 illegitimate
births.
It is interesting to note the very great difference
between the death-rate of legitimate and illegitimate
infants. The former being 66 per 1,000 whilst the latter
is 115 per 1,000, a difference of 49 per 1,000.
Deaths of Aged Persons.—The corrected number of
deaths of residents at 65 years of age and upwards registered
during the year was 705, against 783 in the previous
year. These deaths were equal to 5.5 per 1,000 of the
total persons living, and 463 per 1,000 of the total deaths
of residents registered.