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CLASS XI.—Accidents (42).—Forty-two fatal accidents
occurred, 4 of which were due to overlaying.
CLASS XII.—Violence, Suicides, &c. (14).—Fourteen
suicides occurred in the Borough.
NOTE:—Chart B contains a diagramatic comparison of
deaths occurring in various groups.
Inquests:—One hundred and twenty-one inquests were
held and 76 post mortem examinations made during the year.
INFANT MORTALITY.
The infant mortality of a district is measured by the
proportion of deaths of infants under one year to every
thousand births registered.
England and Wales.—Throughout England and Wales
the infant mortality rate exceeded that of the preceding year,
1905. The mortality figure recorded in 1906 was 133 per 1,000
births, compared with 128 in 1905.
The returns for the 76 Great Towns show also a slight
increase, the rates being 145 in 1906 and 140 in 1905. The
lowest infant mortality figures were registered in Hornsey 85,
King's Norton 103, Brighton 111, Devonport 111, and
Southampton 113. The towns having the highest rates were
Burnley 212, Preston 199, Stockport 186, Grimsby 180, and
Merthyr Tydfil 179.
In London the infant mortality amounted to 131 per
1,000 births, compared with 129 in 1905. The lowest rates
were recorded in Hampstead 77, City of London 101, Stoke
Newington 102, Paddington 105, Woolwich 109, Westminster
110 and Lewisham 113; the highest, Shoreditch 163, Finsbury
160, Bethnal Green 155, Bermondsey 153 and Poplar 152.