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The death.rate per 1,000 births from premature birth in
Woolwich Borough was 19.5, compared with 17.9, 18.1, 18.9,
14.2 and 20.5 in the five preceding years. In London it was
17.6.
There were 19 deaths of illegitimate infants. The death.
rate of illegitimate infants under 1 year was 234 per 1,000
births, compared with 119 in 1914, and that of legitimate
children 89.
19. Compared with 1914, the past year had among infants
more deaths from measles, convulsions, wasting, bronchitis
and pneumonia, and fewer from whooping.cough.
20. Deaths Between 1 and 5 Years. 80 deaths (67 in 1914)
occurred between 1 and 2 years, and 56 (74 in 1914) between
2 and 5. The corresponding figures in 1913 were 55 and 38
respectively. The death.rate between 1 and 5 was 13.1 per
1,000 children of that age found at the Census (viz., 10,357),
compared with 9 0 and 13.6 in the two previous years.
21. Zymotic Death Rate. The number of deaths from
scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping.cough, enteric
fever and from diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years of age
as regards diarrhoea and enteritis) was 128, and the death.
rate per 1,000 population 0.95, compared with 0.77, 0.74
and 0.98 in the three previous years.
The zymotic death.rate has fallen greatly since 1901, when
it was 1.51.
22. Inquests. There were 180 inquests, compared with
121, 128, 115, 105, 107, 123, 105, 123, and 146 in the nine
preceding years.