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The following Table gives the death-rates of Fulhan
and of London during the past 10 years:—
Fulham Death-rate
per 1.000.
London Death-rat
per 1,000.
1886
• • •
• • •
19.0
20.5
1887
• • •
• • •
19.5
20.3
1888
• • •
• • •
19.1
19.3
1889
• • •
• • •
18.8
18.3
1890
• • •
• • •
21.7
21.5
1891
• • •
• • •
19.7
21.0
1892
• • •
• • •
20.0
20.3
1893
• • •
• • •
19.3
20.9
1894
• • •
• • •
17.6
17.4
1895
• • •
• • •
19.7
19.4
Seasonal Mortality.
736 deaths occurred in the first quarter of the year,
429 in the second, 518 in the third, and 512 in the fourth—
the effect of the severe weather in the early part of the year
being very marked.
MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 2195 deaths registered, 735 or 33 per cent. were
those of children under one year of age. The rate of
infant mortality measured by the proportion of deaths under
one year to births registered was 187, as compared with
166, 177 and 149 for the previous 3 years. The rate for the
whole of London was 165, ranging from 116 in Stoke
Newington, 132 in Wandsworth, 133 in Plumstead, 135 in
Hampstead and Lewisham, and 138 in St. George's,
Hanover Square, to 201 in Newington, 202 in Limehouse,
205 in St. Saviours, Southwark, 212 in Holborn, and 265 in
St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
In the large provincial towns the lowest rates were 134
in Croydon, 143 in Bristol, and 158 in Halifax and
Huddersfield; the highest were 236 in Blackburn, 242 in
Burnley, and 248 in Preston.