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sub-district was 18.2, that in Brompton 11.7, as against 14.9
and 10.0 respectively in 1889. The rate in the male sex was
19.5, and that in the female sex 14.3, against 16.0 and 11.9 in
1889. In the Parish, as a whole, there was 1 death to 60.8
persons living, as against 1 to 73.8 in 1889. The deaths of
males were 1421, out of a total of 72,800 persons of that sex, or
1 in 51'2, the proportion in 1889 having been 1 in 62.5. Of
106,700 females 1530 died, or 1 in 69.7, as against 1 in 84 in
1889. The deaths in the first and fourth or colder quarters
(1622) exceeded those in the second and third or warmer quarters
(1329) by 293. In the three preceding years consecutively, the
difference in favour of the warmer quarters was 272, 229 and 74.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of young children always bear a high ratio to
total deaths. In 1890 this ratio was higher than in 1889, but
not above the average, the deaths having been 1086 (or 1009
deducting the deaths in the 53rd week); against 1129, 1077, and
789 in the three preceding years. The 1086 deaths were equivalent
to 36.8 per cent. on total deaths, and to 28.1 per cent. on births
registered: the equivalent percentages for the whole Metropolis
were 39.6 and 27.6. The deaths under one year, which in the
three preceding years were 680, 604, and 489 respectively, were
651 in the 53 weeks, or 596 after deduction of the deaths in the
53rd week. The 651 deaths were equivalent to 22.1 per cent.
on total deaths, and to 16.8 per cent. on births registered:
the equivalent percentages for the whole Metropolis were 23.3
and 16.3.
The deaths of illegitimate children under five years of age,
104, 101 and 87 in the three preceding years respectively, were
118 (males 65, and females 53) of which 110 were registered in the
Town sub-district—and were equal to 52.6 per cent. on births
registered as illegitimate. Of these 118 children, only 14 outlived