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1000: in the rest of London it is but 77; in all
England it is about 68; and in the healthy districts
of the country it is only 40.
Again:—the mortality of children in the first
year of their age has been very severe, for it has
amounted to nearly one-fifth of all the births: in
fact out of 3,260 children born in the year, 608
have died. This is somewhat more than the average
(3,504 and 574) for the last ten years; and it
amounts to nearly 19 per cent. of the infant life.
In the Eastern and Western divisions of the City it
has reached to 22 per cent.; whereas, in the rest of
London, as in all England, it is only from 15 to
15.5 per cent.
At more advanced periods of life, the death-rate
diminishes, and the returns are more favorable.
They are far better indeed than elsewhere,for at from
15 to 35 years of age, the mortality is greatly below
the average for the whole country. In the first
decennial period it amounts to only 51 per 1,000,
and in the second to 7.3: the rates in England for
the corresponding periods being 8.4, and 10.4.
After this, however, they again decline; and from
the ages of 35 to 45 they amount to 14.5 per
1,000; from 45 to 55, to 19.1; and from 55 to 65, to
35.5—the rates in England for those periods being
but 13, 17 6, and 30 5. It is manifest, therefore,