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In the annexed table a comparison is shown for the
last eleven years. I have been able to preserve most
of the classes, omitting two. The totals are the same,
however, as in the old tables.
Ages of the Deceased.—The death rate among infants
under 1 year was 27'9 per cent, of the whole number of
deaths. The rate for the entire district was 30"0 per cent.,
and for the metropolis 2 5'2, 87 deaths occurred under 5,
being 17 in excess of last year, and constituting 46 per
cent, of the whole deaths. The death-rate among infants
is too high in our district by at least 2'7 per cent.
A larger number of persons above 80 years died this
year than during any of the past 20 years—viz., 15. Of
these 10 were females and 5 males. The oldest was a
female 92, and the next also a female 89.
Social Position.—As is usually observed in this
district the proportion of deaths among the better classes
generally exceeds that of the lower. The percentages are
as follow:—
Nobility and Gentry 3.2 P. C.
Professional class - - - 17.3 „
Middle class - - - 32.4 „
Industrial class - 47.1 „
100.0
In one case the " rank or profession of the father"
was " unknown." The death was that of an illegitimate
child, which occurred at a " home'' for children, and was
one of three deaths which occurred during the year (one