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Deducting these latter, 106 deaths remain, to which must be added those of 125
persons who died in Institutions in outside districts, where they were registered; the
total, therefore, on which the City death-rate is calculated is 231.
The death rate for 1914 was 13.5 per 1,000 per annum of the population (the
previous year being 14.5), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis was 14.4.

The death rate from zymotic disease per 1,000 of the population was 0.53 compared
with 0.21 in the Metropolis.
The deaths from phthisis correspond to a rate of 1.2 per thousand of the
population, as compared with 1.4 in the Metropolis,
Infantile Mortality.
The deaths of children under one year of age were at the rate of 100 per 1,000
births, as against 104 for the whole of London.
The Table of infantile mortality on p. 16 shows the deaths of children under one
year arranged according to monthly age periods. From this it will be seen that no less
than 47.1 per cent. of these deaths occurred in the first month, and 76.5 per cent. within
the first three months of existence. No deaths were recorded between the ages of three
and six months.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
The work under the notification of Births Act has been continued. During the
year, 163 births, which total includes eight still-births, were notified as belonging to the
City. 326 other notifications not belonging to the City were received, and these
were forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health of the respective districts.
Of the 163 City Births:—
94 were notified by Medical Practitioners.
38 ,, „ by Hospital Authorities, &c.
19 ,, „ by Midwives.
12 „ „ by Parents.
During the year, 276 visits were paid to homes to give instruction in the care and
feeding of infants, and 412 attendances were made by the mothers at the City Shelter.
Of the babies visited:—
81.7 per cent. were breast-fed.
10.3 „ were hand-fed.
8.0 „ were partly breast-fed and partly hand-fed.