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Infantile Mortality.—There were 37 deaths registered
of infants under one year of age. The infantile
death-rate was, therefore, 122 per 1,000 of the births
registered as against 147 per 1,000 in the preceding year.
The rate for England and Wales for the past year was
161. These deaths form 24.6 per cent. of the total number
of deaths, a decrease of 5 per cent. on the preceding year,
while the average rate for the previous 10 years was 24.8
per cent.
Senile Mortality.— There were 36 deaths, a proportion
of 24 per cent. of the total number of deaths, of
persons of 65 years of age and upwards, an increase of 2 5
per cent. on the preceding year. Of these deaths no less
than 22 were of persons of 75 years of age and over, a fact
which speaks well for the healthiness of the district.
The average rate for the previous 10 years was 22.6
per cent.
The Causes of Death.––These are fully set forth
in Table A of the Local Government Board, in which it
will be noticed that Winchmore Hill furnishes far fewer
deaths in proportion to its population than any of the other
three sub-districts. This is, to a great extent, accounted
for by the fact that there is a much smaller proportion of
the poorer classes residing there than in the other subdistricts,
and it is amongst this class that the greatest
mortality occurs.
The causes of infantile mortality were as follows:—
Diarrhœa 10
Diseases of Respiratory Organs 6
Convulsions 5
Prolonged and Premature Birth 8
Marasmus 3
Whooping Cough 1
Tuberculosis 1
Septiœmia 1
Heatstroke 1
Tetanus neonatorum 1
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Many of these causes are preventible, and are due to
the lack of intelligent parental control, and hygienic
surroundings, the remedy for which can only be looked
for in the better education of parents of the poorer classes
in the rearing of their children and general laws of health.