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Infant Mortality.
Of the 1,075 deaths of parishioners, 250, or 23.2 per cent,
occurred to infants under 1 year of age, and 394, or 36.7 per
cent., were under 5 years.
Mortality over 65 years of age:—237 parishioners were over
65 at the time of death, being at the rate of 22.0 per cent, of the
total deaths recorded.
The Metropolitan Death-rate for the year was equal to 18.8
per 1,000 of the population, being one of the lowest death rates
hitherto recorded. The average death-rate for 10 years having
been 19.8.
The 95 deaths of non-parishioners occurred at the following
Hospitals and other places in the Parish:—
City of London Lying-in Hospital 17
Eoyal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest 60
Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital 5
St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics 7
St. Marks'Hospital for Fistula 4
Hotels in Finsbury Square 2
95
Hospitals, Asylums, Infirmaries, Workhouses, and other
Institutions and places situated outside the Parish at which
Parishioners died during the year:—
Asylum for Imbeciles, Banstead 1
,, ,, Caterham 4
,, ,, Darenth 3
,, ,, Leavesden 6
,, Lunatics, Bethnal House 2
Cane Hill 1
,, ,, Colney Hatch 3
,, ,, Dartford 1
,, ,, Han well 7
Ilford 1
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital 1
Evelina Hospital 1
Friedenheim 1
German Hospital 1
Guy's 1