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48 INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Owing to the small number of deaths in the Lancaster Gate Wards, comparison of rates
for individual diseases would be not only useless but misleading. By grouping the diseases
the contrast between those Wards and Church Ward and "Rest of Borough" is well brought
out, but some reservations are necessary on account of the very small numbers in the
Lancaster Gate Wards.
From the "specific febrile diseases" the mortalities per 1,000 of all births, were—
Lancaster Gate Wards, 12.2; Church Ward, 7.8; "Rest of Borough," 13.4 ;
From the "diarrhœal diseases"—
Lancaster Gate Wards, nil; Church Ward, 28.9 ; "Rest of Borough," 19.3 ;
From the "developmental diseases"—
Lancaster Gate Wards, 24.2 ; Church Ward, 48.5 ; "Rest of Borough," 35.1;
From "convulsions"—
Lancaster Gate Wards, nil; Church Ward, 7.8; "Rest of Borough," 5.4;
From the "respiratorv diseases"—
Lancaster Gate Wards, 12.2 ; Church Ward, 26.3 ; "Rest of Borough," 20.2; and
From accident and violence—
Lancaster Gate Wards, nil; Church Ward, 5.2; "Rest of Borough," 3.7.
It should be stated that deaths from the " specific febrile diseases" are rare in the
Lancaster Gate Wards, and that last year these Wards did not, therefore, afford so critical a
standard as usual. The "respiratory diseases" vary fairly closely with the "specific febrile
diseases."
In addition to the work done in comparing Wards, statistics of the mortalities in certain
smaller areas with well defined boundaries have been collated, including tabulation under
causes, sex and age. On this occasion only the total mortalities for the combined sexes are
given. (Table 35.)

The mortality for the year in these Areas ranged from 134 in the Oueer's Park Estate
to 196 in "Hall Park." In a few of the streets included in the Areas the deaths under
one year equalled the births, and in many were equal to one-third or one-quarter. A final
tabulation will show the effect of the high mortalities in these Areas on the mortality for the
whole Borough :—
Infantile mortality WhileBorough 118
per 1,000 births; Areas, combined 118
Births and deaths
Ret of Borough 101
fully corrected
* If these Areas be excluded from Church Ward, the mortality for the Ward is reduced from 146 to 104.