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Infantile Mortality.—Of the 1,864 deaths, 291 or
15.6 per cent. were of infants under one year of age, and
the rate of infant mortality measured by the proportion
of deaths under one year to registered births was 83 per
1,000, being 9 per 1,000 above that of 1920, but 9 per
1,000 below the average rate of the preceding five years.
The infantile death-rate of England and Wales was 83
per 1,000 and that of the County of London 80.
In the metropolitan boroughs the rates ranged from
54 in Stoke Newington to 107 in Kensington and 111 in
Shoreditch.
Causes of Infantile Mortality.—Table IV. gives the
causes of the deaths at various periods under one year,
and in the following table the mortality from certain
groups of diseases is given:—

Deaths of Illegitimate Children.— Of the 291
infants who died before attaining the age of one year,
42 were illegitimate, the mortality among them being
in the proportion of 264 deaths per 1,000 births against
74 per 1,000 among children born in wedlock. It is regrettable
that the reduction noted last year, when the
illegitimate mortality was only 106 per 1,000 births, has
not been maintained.