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* The Standardized death rates (formerly called corrected death rates)
are the rates which would have been recorded had the age and sex
constitutiin of the populations of the several areas been identical with
that of England and Wales as enumerated in l!,01 The corrections
applied to the crude rates have been necessarily based upon the constitution
of the populations of the areas as enumerated 111 1901, and are
therefore only approximately applicable to the conditions of 1914.
Infantile Mortality.
64 deaths occurred among children under one year of
age; this is equal to a death-rate of 66.45 per 1,000 births, as
compared with 64.5 in 1913. The infantile death-rate for the
whole of England and Wales was 105, and 103 for the
administrative County of London.
Table IV. shows the causes and the number of deaths
at the various ages under one year. Comparing this table
with last year, the most striking facts noticeable are the
considerable decrease in numbers due to diarrhoea, and comparatively
larger increase due to prematurity.
The comparative mortality among legitimate and illegitimate
children was as follows:—
No. of No. of Percentage
Births. Deaths. of Deaths.
Legitimate ... 934 59 6.3
Illegitimate ... 29 5 17.2