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The deaths of infants under one year of age number 31
or 1S9 per 1,000 of the registered births. Thirty deaths
were over 60 years of age, and 18, 75 years and upwards.
Below is given a table of deaths at high ages with the
age at different periods, and the sex of the deceased.
TABLE III.
AGE.
Males.
Females.
Total.
At 70 and under 75
2
4
6
75 „ 80
1
6
7
80 „ 85
1
2
3
85 „ 90
1
5
6
90 „ 95
1
1
95 „ 100
1
1
Totals
6
18
24
Social Position. The subjoined table gives the proportion ot
deaths in the several social grades;
Nobility and Gentry 8 = 6.1 per cent.
Professional Classes 7 = 5.3 „
Middle and Trading Classes 31 = 23.7 „
Industrial and Labouring
Classes 85 = 64.9 „
Total Death 131 100.0