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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There were 1,071 deaths due to diseases of Respiratory Organs, which corresponds
to a death-rate of 3.54 per 1,000.
198 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 3.41 per 1,000.
207 „ „ St. George's „ „ „ 4.14 „
367 „ „ Mile End „ „ „ 3.22 „
299 „ „ Whitechapel „ „ „ 3.77 „
Infantile Mortality.
1,599 infants died under one year of age. This is equal to a death-rate of 141
per 1,000 births. This number is 108 less than in the previous year, when the rate
was 150 per 1,000 births.
308 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 165 per 1,000
births.
349 occurred in the St. George's District, or at the rate of 170 per 1,000
births.
547 occurred in the Mile End District, or at the rate of 122 per 1,000
births.
395 occurred in the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 138 per 1,000
births.
The infantile mortality throughout London was 131 per 1,000 births. It was
not therefore much higher in this Borough than in the whole of London. The
mortality was less in Limehouse and Mile End than in the previous year, but higher
in St. George's and Whitechapel.
The Limehouse District had an unenviable reputation for several years of
having the highest infantile mortality of any district in London. Last year this
was not so, and the rate has been gradually declining since 1898.