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words, out of every thirteen children born two die before the other eleven
are twelve months old. The rate for London, for the corresponding
period, was 14.6 per thousand. The largest number of these deaths
were, from Measles, 32; Whooping Cough, 31; Diarrhœa, 63; Tales
Mesenterica, or Consumption of the Bowels, 41 ; Acute and Chronic
Hydrocephalus (Water on the Brain), 40; Convulsions, 101 ; Bronchitis
and Pneumotiia, 119; Premature Birth, 53 ; Atrophy and Debility, 144 ;
Malformations of various kinds, 19 ; amongst the violent deaths
it is to be noted that no less than 46 were from Suffocation, and
though one only was returned as homicide, many must have been the
result of sheer carelessness on the part of the mothers, or other persons
having charge of the infants.
DEATHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN,
(Under five years of age).
Out of the 2,886 deaths registered in the Parish 1,426, or nearly
one half were young children under five years of age, a mortality on
the estimated population of iro per thousand.
DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE,
(Over sixty).
578 deaths were registered amongst people over 60 years of age, a
rate of 4.4 per thousand population ; among these may be mentioned
an old lady aged 104 years, at 69, Cleveland Street, and a pensioner
aged 86 years, who was present at the Battle of Waterloo. The
registered cause of death in both cases was "old age."
Class I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The total number of deaths in this Class, which includes the four
orders —Miasmatic, Enthetic, Dietic, and Parasitic—was 615, of
which number 471 were young children.
SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The registered deaths from the seven principal diseases of this Class
during the year have been 521, against 436 for last year, an increase
of 85. The numbers of each are shewn below, contrasted with the
previous year.