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and 1923 respectively; whereas, if the corrected deaths of infants
under 1 year are used, viz.: 395, the infantile mortality rate is 50.05, as
compared with yearly averages of 146.1, 115.3 and 77.2 lor the same
decennia, and 56.3, 58.7 and 42.7 for the years 1921, 1922 and 1923
respectively.
The chief causes of these deaths under 1 year of age are debility,
atrophy and inanition, congenital malformations, measles, whooping
cough, syphilis, bronchitis and other diseases of the respiratory organs,
diarrhoea and prematurity. In whatever way the infantile mortality
rate is expressed statistically, it shows a remarkable decline during
recent years as compared with the previous decennia 1911-20, 1901-10
and 1891-1900.
In the Registration Sub-Districts the uncorrected infantile
mortality varies from 47.6 in Stockwell to 89.2 in Brixton, thus :
Registration Sub-Districts.
Total No.
of Births
(uncorrected)
1924
Total
Deaths under
1 year
(uncorrected)
1924.
Infantile
Mortality per
1000 births
(uncorrected)
1924,
Lambeth Church
2306
127
55.1
Kennington
1115
87
78.0
Stockwell
1532
73
47.6
Brixton
1839
164
89.2
Norwood
1099
59
53.7
Lambeth
7,891
510
64.6
Inner Districts—59-9, Outer Districts—699.
N.B.—For the purposes of calculating infantile mortality rates in
this table the births and deaths in Stockwell Registration Sub-district
are divided equally between the Inner and Outer Districts.
3.—Mortality Amongst Children under
5 Years of Age.
The decline in the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of
age is remarkable, but that of children under 5 years of age is even
more remarkable. During 1924, 635 corrected deaths amongst
children under 5 years of age are registered, as compared with