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76
which is lower than the rate in any previous year,
excepting 1894 and 1896.
The Mortality of Infants.
Of the 676 deaths registered last year, 146 were infants
under one year of age; this mortality of infants, measured
by the proportion of deaths under one year of age to
registered births, was 148 per 1,000.
The deaths of young children between the ages of one
and five years were 70, giving a total of 216 deaths among
children under 5 years.
The diseases which caused the greatest fatality among
children under 5 were :—Bronchitis, 39; premature
birth, 20; convulsions, 19; atrophy and debility, 17;
whooping-cough, 17; diarrhoea, 14; enteritis, 13; and
suffocation in bed with parents, 9.
In England and Wales, the rate of mortality among
infants under one year of age to 1,000 registered births
was 156, which was 8 per 1,000 above the mean
roportion in the ten years, 1887-96.
Senile Mortality.
The mortality among persons aged 65 years and
upwards was 138.
The deaths occurred at the following advanced ages :
42 between 65 and 70 years.
68 „ 70 „ 80 „
27 „ 80 „ 90 „
and 1 at 92 years.