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under the age of 5 years during the last two quarters of the
year, whilst only 275 died above the age of 60 years during
the same period, those infantile deaths having been chiefly
caused by Epidemic and Chest Diseases.
Next in succession that I have to bring under your notice,
will be Table No. 5, wherein is condensed the four Tables
previously referred to, showing the total number of Births
and Deaths, the ages at which those deaths took place, and
the different diseases causing those deaths.
It is not necessary to make any separate observations with
reference to this Table, as the remarks to be made on the
following Table, No. 6, in which a comparative statement is
also given of the sanitary condition of the District during the
past five years, will be applicable to both.
The first fact to be observed in these two Tables will be
the large number of Births during the year, amounting to
3121 throughout the whole District, and being 394 above the
average of the four preceding years. The Births took place
in the following numbers in the several Parishes of this
District, viz. Greenwich 1332; St. Paul, Deptford, 1458;
and 331 in St. Nicholas, Deptford.
The next observation to be made on referring to that Table
will be the large number of Deaths during the year, as compared
with previous years, numbering 2239. These figures
show an increase of 217 above the average of the four preceding
years.
Then comes the heavy infantile mortality which is so
particularly remarkable. This fact, in relation to the sanitary
state of the District, has been prominently brought to your
notice in each of my former Annual Reports, and I have this
year specially to draw your attention to a still heavier infantile
mortality than has ever occurred in the District since the
passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act; 846
children have died during the year under the age of 5 years,
and 82 between the ages of 5 and 10 years, making a total of
928 deaths among children under 10 years of age, and being
145 deaths above the average of the four preceding years
among children under that age. This, Gentlemen, is a