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preceding ten years being 12.9; the excess was due to
a corresponding excess in the fatality from zymotic
diseases.
The relative death-rate, or the proportion of deaths
borne by infants under one year in relation to the total
mortality was 27.9 per cent., the decennial average being
26.8 per cent; of children under 5 years of age 47.1, the
average being 39.5; of all children and adolescents under
20 years 51.4 per cent. the average being 44.8
Senile
Mortality.
The number of deaths that occurred at 70
years of age and upwards was 102, exceeding
that of the previous year by 26, and formed 12.8 per
cent. of all deaths, the average being 12.4. The latter
is considerably higher than that for all London, and
in that respect affords a favourable indication of the
general health of this sub-district.
The following Table shews the sex and age of the
deceased, with the numbers at different periods. The
females are seen to have greatly exceeded the males,
both in number and in the attainment of high ages; the
excess is usual, but was much greater in the past than in
the previous year.