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Infantile
Mortality.
No less than 48 deatli? out of the total of
182 occurred among infants during the first
year of life. For every 1,000 children born within the
year, there were 127 deaths. In other words, for every
eight childien born, one died during the first year of life.
This mortality, although certainly higher than it should
be, is low when compared with that of the 28 great towns of
England and Wales. The average for these towns during
1889, was 161 deaths for every 1,000 births. In
examining the causes of this mortality, one might say
that one-third of these deaths has been due to preventiblo
causes, and of these causes the most important is want
of care and knowledge in infant feeding and hygiene.
Eight deaths were due to old age and they were all
deaths of females.
Six deaths were due to Canccrous disease and they all
occurred among females only.
Social Position
of
diseases.
The relative mortality as classified according
to social statistics, is as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 2=1.1 per cent.
Professional 20 = 10.9 ,,
Middle and Trading 45 = 24 .8 „
Industrial and Labouring 115 63.2 „
The industrial classes therefore yield a higher percentage
of the total deaths than in the previous year.
The fact which I pointed out before is again noticeable,
namely: that while the working classes yield 63.2 percent
of the total deaths, they yield a higher proportion of the
deaths from Zymotic diseases.