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Ages at Death, Infant Mortality, &c.—Of the 69
deaths registered as occurring amongst infants and children
under 10 years of age, 24 were due to the Zymotic
class of diseases, the remaining 45 being tabulated to the
various other diseases (non-Zymotic), more especially to
the respiratory organs and to premature birth and low
vitality. A very favourable inference may be deduced
from these facts, inasmuch as during the previous year
(1870) the number of deaths amongst infants and young
children were as many as 79, so that, notwithstanding the
increase of the population, both by births and immigration,
the mortality during the year under review was 10 less
than appears in the table of the last Report.
At the other extreme of age, it is worthy of note,
that 9 persons died at upwards of 80 years, the oldest of
the deceased having reached the advanced period of existence
of 92 years. It is also found that several died
considerably over 80, and many more between 60 and 80.
In the aggregate of the persons who died in advanced life,
63 were registered as being between 60 and 92 years, 47
of which were certified as having succumbed to one or
other of the diseases enumerated in the table, and the
remainder of pure old age, without any maladies being
mentioned as contributing to such deaths.
It has been always noted as remarkable that this neighbourhood
usually records more deaths of aged persons
than any other Sub-district, This probably is owing partly
to the small number of indigent poor located in the
three parishes comprising the Sub-district of Streatham,
and partly to the undoubted healthiness of the locality.
Cases and Deaths amongst the Out-door Union Poor.—
The ratio of deaths to cases treated during the year was
5.1 per cent., the cases being 172 and the deaths 9. This
is a less percentage than that noted in the previous Report,
and indicates a favourable sanitaiy condition of those
localities occupied by the poor.
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