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The population for the years 1891—95 inclusive,
estimated in the usual way was probably too high, as the
census of 1896 showed that the population had diminished.
The death-rates therefore as given for these years are
probably lower than the true death-rates.
The marked reduction in the death-rate this year is very
satisfactory.
The detailed causes of death will be found in the various
tables accompanying this Report.
Infantile Mortality.—The deaths of young children always
bear a high ratio to total deaths. There were 98 deaths
of children under 5 years old, that is 41 0 per cent, of the
total deaths ; last year it was -18'6 per cent.
63 children died under one year old; that is only 145
per 1,000 births registered. The corresponding rate for
London was 158 per thousand. This proportion has very
much diminished in this District the past three years; for in
1895 it was as high as 205 per 1,000 births.
Phthisis and Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There were 32 deaths of persons belonging to this
District caused by phthisis, or an annual rate of 2.79 per
1,000 inhabitants; the corresponding rate for London was
1.71 per 1,000.
52 deaths were caused by other diseases of the respiratory
organs, namely, pneumonia, bronchitis and pleurisy.