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Under 1 year 11.9 per cent.
1 and „ 2 years 4.0 „
2 „ „ 5 „ 2.9 „
5 „ 15 „ 3.1 „
15 „ „ 25 „ 2.2 „
25 „ „ 45 „ 14.0 „
45 „ „ 65 „ 27.5 „
65 „ upwards 34.1 „
The extent to which each of the four divisions of the Borough shared in the
deaths of those aged over 65 in 1911, 1912 and 1913, is shown below :
1911. 1912. 1913.
All Souls 140 123 112
St. Mary 161 156 140
Christ Church 159 161 187
St. John 101 100 116
Totals 561 540 555
Of the total, 143 at death were aged between 65 and 70; 267 between 70 and
80: 127 between 80 and 90, and 18 between 90 and 100. The outstanding causes
of death were as follows:—
Causes. 1911. 1912. 1913.
Bronchitis and other respiratory diseases 158 192 180
Nephritis and Bright's Disease 13 18 22
Cancer 62 57 60
Tuberculosis 14 7 22
Influenza 10 2 6
Violent deaths 16 16 16
Causes of and ages at Death.—General information with regard to the deaths
which occurred in the Borough during the year, mainly with regard to causes and the
ages at which death takes place, is given in Table III. of the Local Government
Board series at page 99.
This same table gives the number of deaths from various specified causes which
occurred in institutions, in hospitals, nursing homes, etc. In each of the groups all
deaths, whether of residents or non-residents, are included, which accounts for the fact
that the total comes up to nearly 1,000, viz., 919.
As already stated the information given in the table is rather general and fuller
consideration and a closer inquiry into the details is called for. This is given in the
following pages, in which also will be found a more or less full analysis of the figures
relating both to causes of death and the ages at which these causes were operative.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The infantile mortality rate of any district is the number ot deaths of infants
under one year of age per 1,000 of the births which occurred in the same year. The
number of babies under one year who died in St. Marylebone in 1913, was 195, and the
number of births in that year 2,146. The infantile mortality rate is therefore 90'8.
This is nearly 3 per 1,000 below the next lowest—93—which was the rate in 1912.
The only other year, apart trom 1912 and 1913, in which a rate below 100 was
recorded was 1910, when the figure was 98.9.