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Infantile Mortality.— There were 131 deaths registered of infants
under 1 year of age, as against 1,111 births; the proportion which
the deaths under 1 year of age bear to the 1,000 births is, therefore,
117.9, as against 126.7 in the preceding year.
The corresponding rate in England and Wales was 151, that in
London generally 149, and that in the 33 great towns 165.
The deaths under 1 year of age form 19.5 per cent. of the total
deaths of all ages, whereas for the preceding year they formed 19.9
per cent.; the rate for England and Wales was 25 per cent.; for
London generally 24.9 per cent.; and for the 33 great towns 27.0 per
cent.
Senile Mortality.—Of the 673 deaths 199 were of persons over 65
years of age. The proportion of deaths occurring among these of
over 65 years of age to the total deaths is, therefore, about 29.6 per
cent. There were 117 deaths of persons over 70 years of age, and
45 of persons over 80,13 of whom reached 90 years of age—the oldest
being 95. These figures denote an exceptionally high proportion of
senile mortality.
The Causes of Death.—These are fully set forth in table A, in
which it will be noted that the deaths are also apportioned to different
age-periods. Table A 1 is supplementary to Table A, and sets forth
the causes of death during each of the four quarters of the year.