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38 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Ages at Death.
The proportion to the total deaths of the
three age groups was as follows—
Under 5 years 31.5 per cent.
From 5 to 65 years 42.4 ,,
Above 65 years 26.l „
There were 185 deaths of infants under one year
of age, giving a rate per thousand births of 144, a
number less than that of the two preceding years but
exceeding the dfcennial average, which was 136 per
thousand. The rate for the whole of London was 158,
which showed a fall on previous years.
Social Position.
The proportion in the social grades was as
follows—
Nobility and Gentry 4.1 per cent.
Professional Classes 6.5 ,,
Middle and Trading Classes 23.8 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Classes 65.6 ,,
Zymotic Diseases.
The next table gives the deaths from
Zymotic diseases, including those in outlying
institutions, with the Zymotic death-rate for this
and the last ten years.