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Between the ages of i and 5 years 366 deaths were
registered, so that the deaths of children under the age of 5
years numbered 1,101, 01 50 per cent, of the total number of
deaths. These deaths were equal to an annual rate of 70.2
per 1,000 of the population estimated to be living at this
age.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
67 of the children who died before attaining the age of
one year were illegitimate, the mortality among them being
in the proportion of 475 deaths to 1,000 births, or nearly
three times as heavy as that of children born in wedlock.
Insurance of Infants.
Certificates under the Friendly Societies' Acts were
issued during the year in respect of 481 children under the
age of 5 years, and 55 in respect of those between 5 and 10;
thus 43 per cent, of the children who died before attaining
the age of 5 were insured. In 1893 the proportion was 48
and in 1894 50 per cent.
Mortality at School Age.
At the age of 5 to 15 years, which is approximately the
school period of life, there were 86 deaths, corresponding to
an annual rate of 3.5 per 1,000 of the population estimated
to be living at that age.
Mortality at Adolescence.
At the age of 15 to 25 years 57 deaths were recorded,
the rate of mortality being 2.9.
Mortality at Maturity.
At the age of 25 to 65 years there were 623 deaths, a
number equivalent to a death-rate of 127.
Mortality at Decline.
At the age of 65 and over, 328 persons died, the deathrate
at this age-period being 92.5.