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occuring under one year of age in proportion to the
number of births for the year in the Ward under consideration.
It is noticeable that the rate of infantile
mortality places the Wards in almost the same order
of healthiness or unhealthiness, as they would be
when judged by the other rates.
ILLEGITIMATE DEATHS.
These deaths numbered 36; of these, 32 were
certified, and 2 uncertified, and 2 inquests were held.
Of the certified deaths, the causes were:—Marasmus 5,
Diarrhoea 5, Pneumonia 5, Diphtheria 4, Premature
Birth 3, Measles 2, Food Atrophy 2, Dentition 2,
Debility from birth 2, Gastro Enteritis 2, Asthenia,
Convulsions, Tabes Mesenterica, and Double Hare-Lip,
1 each.
UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.
Total 26. This is a great increase on last year,
when they numbered 8. Up to last year they had
been diminishing rapidly. The figures for the last
four years are 28, 19, 11 and 8. Croydon, with an
estimated population of 137,917, and Hornsey, with
an estimated population of 75,765, have no uncertified
deaths for the year to be contrasted with Willesden's