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large manufacturing centres. In the following table the infant mortalities of London
and Shoreditch for the ten years ending 1897 are set out so that comparison can
readily be made:—

The average yearly mortality amongst infants in Shoreditch during the ten
years ending 1897 was 179.0 per 1,000 births, as compared with a metropolitan
infant mortality of 154.4 during the same period. The mortality amongst infants
during the same ten years averaged 189 in Liverpool, 185 in Manchester, 179 in
Birmingham, 177 in Leeds, 180 in Sheffield, and 197 in Salford.
Of children aged between one and five years there died 452, as compared with
453 in 1897 and 502 in 1896. Measles caused 81 deaths, scarlet fever 14, diphtheria
29, whooping cough 57, diarrhoea 35, various forms of tuberculosis 39, bronchitis 35,
and pneumonia 82. Thirteen deaths were attributed to enteritis, and seven resulted
from burns and scalds.
Children dying under the age of five years numbered 1,298 or 48.0 per cent, of
the total deaths. The figures for previous years are as follows 1,242 or 47.2 per
cent, in 1897, 1,288 or 49.1 per cent, in 1896, 1,394 or 48 7 per cent, in 1895, 1,109
or 49.9 per cent, in 1894, and 1,400 or 44.5 per cent, in 1893.
The deaths of children aged between 5 and 15 years numbered 100, and included
6 from scarlet fever, 9 from diphtheria, 3 from whooping cough, 28 from various
forms of tuberculosis, 9 from heart disease, 11 from pneumonia, and 5 from violence.
Of persons aged between 15 and 25 years there were 87 deaths, 10 of which
were attributed to enteric fever, 26 to consumption, 9 to heart disease, and 5 to
various forms of violence.
Of persons aged from 25 to 35 years there were 139 deaths, 45 of which were
caused by phthisis or consumption, 13 by heart disease, 15 by pneumonia, and 10 by
various forms of violence, including one case of homicide and two of suicide.