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Infantile Mortality.
The deaths amongst infants under one year numbered 134, of which 84
were males and 50 females. These deaths amounted to 11.4 per cent of the
total nett Shoreditch deaths from all causes as compared with 10.0 per cent
in 1931.
The mortality amongst infants under one year was at the rate of 80 per
1,000 births registered during the year. Amongst male infants this rate was
99 and amongst females 61. The infant mortality rates in the different
Wards of the Borough are included in the table on page 24a.
The number of deaths of illegitimate infants was 11, which figure gives a
mortality rate of 143 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
The chief causes of deaths amongst infants were pneumonia, diarrhoea
and enteritis, prematurity, and measles.
During the last ten years the infant mortality rates for England and
Wales, London and Shoreditch have been as follows:—

The causes of deaths of infants under one year together with ages and
ward distribution are given in the table on the opposite page.