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Ages at Death.
From Table II. we see that the proportion of the
deaths at different age groups to the total deaths was as
follows:—
Under 5 years 36.7 per cent.
Prom 5 to 65 years 38.8 ,,
Over 65 years 24.5 „
Infantile Death rate.
The number of deaths of infants under 1 year
was 143, and the rate per thousand births (that is per
thousand of the population living at that age) was 137,
compared with 149 and 128 in the 2 preceding years.
The rate for London in 1892 was 154.
Social Position.
The proportion in the various social grades was as
follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 3.6 per cent.
Professional Classes 9.5 ,,
Middle and Trading Classes 24.0 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Classes 62.9 ,,
Zymotic Mortality.—The subjoined Table gives the
number of deaths for the different Zymotic diseases for the
last 10 years, with the Zymotic and general death-rates.
The total deaths in this class was 108, 14 in excess of
the corrected decennial average. This is more than
accounted for, however, by the 27 deaths referred to
Influenza, showing that the mortality from the other
diseases of this class was below the average. The Zymotic
death-rate was 2.41; the corrected decennial average
being 2.23. Omitting the deaths referred to Influenza
wo have a rate of 1.8, which can be more fairly used to
compare with previous years when there was no Influenza.
The deaths in Out-lying Institutions, however, should
hero be taken into account (see Table III.), so that 26
deaths should be added giving a total of 184, and a deathrate
of 2.99.