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Senile Mortality.
In the List of the Principal Causes of Death (Table 3) the
deaths are classified in eight age-groups, of which the last includes
all deaths occurring in persons of 65 years of age and upwards.
The age-group "65 and upwards" has been sub-divided in periods
of five years and the following figures show the number of persons
who died in each of these five-yearly sub-groups:—
65-70 143
70-75 164
75-80 180
80-85 125
85-90 72
90-95 22
95-100 8
100 1
Of the total number of deaths (1,349) during the year, 715 (53 per
cent.) occurred in persons of 65 years and upwards. The figures
above show the proportion of residents of the area who live to a
very mature age.
Infant Mortality.—Seventy-five children died under one year
of age, giving an infant mortality rate (number of deaths under one
year of age per thousand births) of 52.81.

The following are the corresponding rates for other Great
Towns, London, and England and Wales, during the year under
review:—
Infant Mortality—Leyton 52.81
„ „ 125 County Boroughs
and Great Towns,
including London 62.00
„ „ London 60.00
„ „ England and Wales 58.00