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one month old, and 26 per cent. under one week old. 72 deaths
were from premature birth compared with 65, 75, and 61, in
the three preceding years, and of the remainder, 27 (47 in
1907) were attributed to Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus,
indefinite terms applied to deaths from immaturity, congenital
debility, and other causes. The number of deaths under one
week in the past four years were 70, 87, 83, and 76, respectively.
The death-rate from premature birth in Woolwich Borough
was 0.57 compared with 0.48 and 0.71 in the two preceding
years. In England and Wales it was 0.52 in 1907.
There were 20 deaths of illegitimate infants. The death-rate
of illegitimate infants under one year was 328 per 1000 births,
and that of legitimate infants 92.
20. Compared with 1907, the past year had, among infants,
fewer deaths from measles, premature birth, and wasting
diseases, bronchitis, pneumonia, and overlying; and more
from diarrhœal diseases. The decrease of deaths from bronchitis
and pneumonia is attributable to decrease of measles,
Deaths from overlying were 5 compared with 2 and 8 in the
two previous years.
21. Still-births—93 still-born children were buried in the
Woolwich and Plumstead Cemeteries, compared with 97 in
1907.
22. Deaths under five years, and over eighty-five—The total
deaths under five years were 424, or 27.7 per thousand population
under five at the census. The rates in the four preceding
years were 47.2, 36*5, 38.3, and 41.9.