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Percentage of Deaths for each Age period:—
26.7 °/0 of the total deaths took place under the age of 1 year.
13.7 ,, ,, ,, between the ages of 1 and 5.
4.2 „ ,, „ „ 5 and 20.
13.3 „ „ „ „ 20 and 40.
21.5 „ ,, ,, ,, 40 and 60.
iS'O ,, „ „ 60 and 80.
2.3 ,, ,, ,, over the age of 80.
I have distributed in Table F* of the Appendix, the District
deaths according to age selection. The deaths of infants under
the age of one year, in London, equalled 23.0 per cent, of the
total deaths, and 15.3 per cent, of the registered births: whilst in
the Whitechapel District, those infants who died under the age of
one year, equalled 26.7 per cent, of the total deaths, and 16.0 per
cent. of the registered births.
The deaths of children under five years of age, including the
above, were for London equal to 36.8 per cent. of the total deaths,
and 24.6 per cent. of the registered births ; and for the Whitechapel
District they were equal to 40.4 per cent. of the total
deaths, and 24.2 per cent. of the registered births. This branch
of statistics compares most favorably with the record of former
years.
Table It of the Appendix contains under each class of disease,
the percentage of deaths for that class to total deaths in the
District. The Metropolitan deaths, and the Whitechapel District
deaths, according to this arrangement, are contrasted in the manner
I have adopted for several years.
From the Zymotic class of diseases, the District deaths are seen
to be fewer proportionately than are the Metropolitan deaths. On
the other hand the Metropolitan statistics are more favorable than
our own, when we contrast the deaths from Constitutional diseases,
and diseases of the respiratory system.
Small.pox has been absent from our Mortality Returns for
another year : eight deaths were registered from this cause amongst
Metropolitan Residents. The Royal Commission on Vaccination
are still engaged in collecting evidence. Meantime it is gratifying
to know that the Vaccination Officer, Mr. W. M. S. Sherman, as
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