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which occurred in this Borough, the corrected number
of deaths of residents registered last year was 1,752.
On the before-mentioned estimated population, the
corrected number of deaths of residents registered last
year was equal to an annual rate of 1.42 deaths per
1,000 persons living. The death rate in London on
the estimated population of London up to the middle
of the year was equal to an annual rate of 14.4 deaths
per 1,000 persons living.
DEATHS OF INFANTS.
The corrected number of deaths of residents
under one year of age registered last year was 314,
against 261 in the previous year. The number of
deaths of infants under one year of age registered last
year was equal to.179 per 1,000 of the total corrected
deaths of residents registered, and to 103 per 1,000 of
the total corrected registered births. The number of
deaths of infants under one year of age, residents in
London last year, was equal to 183 per 1,000 of the total
deaths registered, and 105 per 1,000 of the total registered
births. The mortality rate of infants under one year of
age was, as compared with the total deaths of residents
registered, 4 per 1,000 less in this Borough than in
London, and 2 per 1,000 less as compared with the total
births registered in this Borough than in London.
The following table on infantile mortality has been
prepared by me in accordance with the direction of the
Local Government Board.