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This result, compared with that of the whole Metropolis,
in which (according to the last Return) the residue of
children unaccounted for was 6.6 per cent., is very satisfactory.
Age at Death.
Infant
Mortality.
As a consequence of the greater fatality
from diseases of the Epidemic kind during
the past year, the deaths of children shew a
considerable increase. The deaths of infants under one
year of age formed 23.5 per cent of all deaths, the
decennial average having been 22.4 per cent.; of children
under 5 years of age, 39.3 per cent., the average having
been 35.5 per cent.; while the total deaths under 20 years
of age were of average amount. Calculated from the
number of registered births, the rate of mortality of
infants under one year of age was 13.1 per cent., and
agreed almost exactly with the average.
Senile
Mortality.
The number of deaths at high ages was eight
less than in the year preceding. Seventy-one
were registered at 70 years of age and upwards, 34 of
which were recorded as having resulted from old age
unconnected with disease. The great majority consisted
as usual of females. The number, age, and sex of the
deceased are subjoined:—