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74
Six children were suffocated in bed with their parents,
the same number as recorded for the previous year.
The infantile mortality for all London, which includes
680 infants under 1 year of age suffocated in bed, is
equal to a rate of 166 per 1,000 births.
The rate was lowest in the northern group of sanitai'y
areas and higher in the central group.
Senile Mortality.
173 deaths were recorded at 65 years and upwards
these deaths occurred at the following advanced ages:—
61 between 65 and 70 years.
80 „ 70 „ 80 „
32 „ 80 „ 90 „
11 ofthedeaths were due to influenza, 19 to heart-disease,
22 to apoplexy and paralysis, 48 to diseases of the respiratory
organs, and 34 were certified to have died of "old age,"
i.e., decay of nature without showing any signs of organic
disease.
Uncertified Deaths.
Every death during the year was certified either by a
Registered Medical Practitioner or by the Coroner, this is
evidence that the poorest in the District can readily obtain
Medical advice and treatment for their sick.
In England and Wales there were 13,222, or 2.3 per
cent., in which the causes were not so certified.
In all London 633, or 0.7 per cent. of the deaths, were
uncertified.