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In addition 91 deaths occurred between the ages of one and
five years. Althgether 42 per cent. of the total deaths in the district
occurred among children under five years of age, and 29 per cent.
occurred among infants under 12 months old.
In 1906, the infantile mortality in England and Wales was 133;
in the 76 large towns it amounted to 146, and in the 142 smaller
towns it was 138 per 1,000 births.
Compared with 1905 there was an increase of infantile deaths
from the following diseases :
Diarrhoeal Tuberculous
Measles Diseases Diseases Overlaying
1905 2 43 7 2
1906 4 80 11 4
Tne following diseases showed a diminished death-rate:
Convulsions Bronchitis Pneumonia Wasting Disease
1905 13 13 21 47
1906 6 7 16 46
The only cause of death which shows a marked difference in its
mortality is Epidemic Diarrhoea.
The Ward distribution was as follows:
N. West N. East S. East S. West
34 32 28 107
During the year the district was rearranged into four Wards
instead of three, and as the former division has been utilized for statistical
purposes, it is not possible to compare the infantile mortality
in each Ward with previous years. Moreover, this year the births
for the Wards have been separately arranged, so that the infantile
mortality of each Ward can bp expressed as a ratio of deaths under
one year to every 1.000 births.
In 1905, there were in the North Ward 27 deaths under 12
months old, in the East Ward 60 and in the West Ward 75.
The infantile mortality in 1906 in the Wards was:
N. West N.East S. East S. West
148 97 110 147