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thousand, the mean of these two, which is probably nearer
the true death rate, is 15 57 per thousand, a lower rate than
that of 1893, calculated in the same way.
infantile mortality.
The number of deaths of children under one year,
was in Edmonton district, 119; and in Edmonton Workhouse,
11; total 130. From these should be deducted 9
deaths attributed to premature birth, leaving 121, this,
using the mean of registered births in 1893 and 1894 (915),
as a basis of calculation, gives an Infantile Mortality of
132.24 per thousand, also a lower rate than that of the
preceeding year.
The Infantile Mortality in the Edmonton Workhouse,
calculated in the same way, would be 168.06 per
thousand.
All the deaths in the district were certified by
medical practitioners, or after a Coroner's enquiry, of which
there were 38 during the year; of these ten concerned
infants under one year.
In only 15 of the 38 was there any reason for
attributing the death to other than natural causes, and
of these 3 were suicides, 2 cases in which verdicts of manslaughter
were returned, and 10 accidental injuries.
The accommodation provided for the making of
the post mortem examinations necessitated by these
enquiries is of a most meagre description, and the proper
performance of a pout mortem examination at the Council's
Mortuary is, on a dark day in winter, a matter of considerable
difficulty and discomfort.
zymotic death rate.
The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases
were as follows :—
Scarlet Fever 3
Diphtheria 22
Membranous Croup 1
Enteric Fever 5
Measles 11
Whooping Cough 17
Diarrhoea and Dysentery 28
Total 87
This, with the estimated population as the basis of
calculation, gives a zymotic death rate of 306 per 1,000.