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but having homes in other parts of the Metropolis. On the
other hand the deaths of 220 Lambethians who died in
outlying institutions in the Metropolis must be taken into
account, and also the deaths of 71 persons who died in extra
Metropolitan Asylums; hence the deaths proper to Lambeth
are 5035, or 18.6 per 1000; the Metropolitan Rate for the
same period being 19.7 per 1000. In London the deaths
registered numbered exactly 80,000, and was the lowest rate
on record. The highest rate was in 1849, when it stood at
30.1 per 1000.
The death rate in the five great groups of districts is as
follows:—
West Districts 17.7 per 1000
North Districts 18.5 „
South Districts 18.8 „
East Districts 22.1 „
Central Districts 25.5 „
The infant mortality, an important guide to the moral and
sanitary condition of a district, compares well with London
and the country. In Lambeth the proportion of deaths of
infants in the ist year of life to 1000 registered births was
131; against 148 in the Metropolis, 138 in England and
Wales, 150 in the 50 large town districts, and 155 in the 28
great towns. In Cardiff the proportion reached 189; in
Leicester 193; and in Preston 218.
The death rate per 1000, of all ages living, was in children
in their first year 4.4, at 60 years and upwards 4.6, and of
those who died at any age between one year and sixty
years 9.6.
6.2 per cent. of the total deaths were certified by inquests.
2.2 per cent. were returned as uncertified.
13.7 per cent. died in the public Institutions,