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Ages at
Death.
Of the total deaths, 47.7 per cent. occurred at
various ages under 20 years, 28 per cent. being
under 1 year, and 14.4 per cent. between 1 and 5. In
the preceding year 42.8 per cent. of the total deaths
occurred at ages below 20, 24.5 per cent. under 1 year,
and 12.8 per cent. between 1 and 5.
Infantile
Death-rate.
The proportion of deaths under 1 year to
total deaths obviously will vary with the birthrate.
The larger the number of children of this age,
and the greater the incidence of the causes of infantile
mortality. It is therefore desirable to check the previous
percentage of deaths under 1 year, by ascertaining the
proportion of deaths of infants in the first year of life
to registered births during the year, known as the InJantile
death-rate. In Clapham this was 142 per thousand
births, as compared with 120 in the preceding year, and
with 159 for the whole Metropolis during 1886. The
increase of infantile mortality was chiefly due to the
higher mortality from Diarrhœa at this age, 21 deaths
as compared with 11 in the previous year.
Senile
Mortality.
The deaths of persons over 60 years formed
28 per cent. of the total deaths, as compared
with 29 per cent. in the previous year. 24.2 per cent.
of the total deaths occurred between 20 and 60 years of
age, as compared with 29.6 per cent. in the previous
year.
Social Position
of Deceased.
The relative number of deaths in the
several social grades were as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 34=5.5 per cent.
Professional Class 80=14.6 „
Middle and Trading Class 119=21.8 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Class 312=57.1 ,,