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269
of fatal cases under 5, amounting to 1,095, while from 5 to
10 the deaths numbered only 139. The mortality over 60
was also large; the deaths from 60 to 70 numbering 455;
those between 70 and 80, 423; those between 80 and 90,
200; and those between 90 and 100, 33.
The deaths referred to accidental or other violence
amounted to 121, a number larger by 12 than that returned
in the previous year.
Under the head of premature birth or defective vitality
are included 348 deaths, 35 more than in 1889. This group
includes children born prematurely or malformed, and
children dying shortly after birth from various obscure and
ill-defined causes.
To child-birth 33 deaths were attributed, 10 more than
in 1889. Of these 14 occurred in Camberwell, 12 in
Peckham, and 7 in St. George's. Nine of the total number
were deaths from puerperal fever.
Erysipelas, pyaemia, and similar disorders caused 31
deaths.
Inflammatory affections of the lungs (including under
this term bronchitis, pneumonia, and pleurisy) caused 1,045
deaths, an excess of 302 over the returns of 1889. Of these
deaths 463 occurred in children under 5, and 582 in persons
above the age of 5 ; 12 occurred in Dulwich, 335 in Camberwell,
420 in Peckham, and 278 in St. George's; also 386
occurred in the first quarter of the year, and 364 in the last