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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1900.
Of the 5430 deaths, 1328 were infants under one year of
age, giving a proportion of 144.9 (corrected) per 1,000
births, the uncorrected rate being 147.3—an increase over
last year. The chief causes of these deaths were debility,
atrophy and inanition, bronchitis and other diseases of the
respiratory organs, diarrhoea and enteritis, premature birth,
whooping cough, suffocation and convulsions. Table J
gives the infantile mortality in different towns in England
and Wales, and in the London Districts.
In the Registration Sub-Districts of Lambeth, the uncorrected
infantile mortality varies from 262.9 per 1,000
births in Lambeth Church 1st to 106.8 in Waterloo Road
2nd (the rates of 106.8 in Waterloo Road 2nd and 172.4
in Lambeth Church 2nd being explainable by the fact
that these Sub-Districts contain the General Lying-in
Hospital and the Workhouse respectively), thus:—
Total No. of Births. Total Deaths under 1 year (uncorrected). Infantile Mortality per 1,000 birth (uncorrected).
Waterloo Road 1st 496 111 223.8
„ „ 2nd 852 91 106.8*
Lambeth Church 1st 582 153 262.9
„ „ 2nd 1543 266 172.4†
Kennington 1st 1856 233 125.6
„ 2nd 990 123 124.2
Brixton 2112 279 132.1
Norwood 736 94 127.7
Lambeth 9167 1350 147.3
N.B.—Waterloo Road 1st and 2nd have been amalgamated by the
Registrar-General and now form one District called "Waterloo
Road."
* Excluding the Lying-in-Hospital births, the corrected rate becomes 225.3
† Excluding the Workhouse births, the corrected rate becomes 196.3.