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The corrected death-rate of the Parish for the year in question
is, therefore, above that of the preceding year (1896), when it was
13.3 In 1895 it was 13.7.
The rate is a very satisfactory one, even for Stoke Newington,
when it is borne in mind that over practically the whole of England
and Wales the death-rates for the year 1897 are higher than those
of the preceding year.
What the preventive measures against disease have achieved
during the past 50 years, despite the considerable growth of
crowding upon area and the increased strain of the struggle for
existence, is shown from a consideration of the difference in the
average number of years lived by each individual. From 1838 to
1854 the average life-time was 39.9 years for males and 41.9 years
for females (Farr); from 1871-80, it was 41'4 years for males and
44.6 for females (Ogle); and from 1881-90 it was 43.7 years for males
and 47.2 for females (Tatham).
District Mortality—The deaths among parishioners of the
Northern Division of the Parish numbered 117, and furnished a
recorded death-rate of 9.3 per 1,000 per annum.
The deaths among parishioners of the Southern Division of the
Parish numbered 356, and furnished a rate of 16.7 per 1,000 per
annum.
The higher rate in the Southern Division is mainly due to the
three following circumstances:—(1) There is more crowding upon
area in this Division, (2) the birth-rate is higher, and (3) the large
bulk of the poorer class parishioners are housed in this Division.
Infantile Mortality — There were 102 deaths registered of infants
under 1 year of age, as against 835 births; the proportion which
the deaths under 1 year of age bear to the 1,000 births is, therefore,
122" 1—as against 125 in the preceding year.
The corresponding rate in England and Wales was 156, that in
London generally 158, and that in the 33 Great Towns 177.