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4
per cent, of the whole number of deaths, were tnese of
children under 5 years of age.
249 deaths occurred under 1 year of age.
63 between the ages of 1 and 2
48 ,, ,, ,, 2 ,, 5
44 „ ,, ,, 5 ,, 15
42 „ „ ,, 15 ,, 25
46 „ „ ,, 25 ,, 35
68 ,, ,, ,, 35 ,, 45
69 „ ,, ,, 45 ,, 55
91 „ „ „ 55 ,, 65
92 „ „ ,, 65 „ 75
73 „ „ ,, 75 „ 85
26 „ „ „ 85 „ 95
Of the diseases which produced the mortality at thease
ages—
136 deaths took place from zymotic diseases.
150 „ „ constitutional diseases.
444 „ „ local diseases.
149 ,, ,, developmental diseases.
23 „ „ violent deaths.
9 „ „ not specified, or
ill-defined.
Preventable Diseases.
The seven principal zymotic diseases, viz., small-pox,
measles, scarlet fever, diptheria, whooping cough, fever, and
diarrhoea, caused 106 deaths, at the rate of 173 per 1000 of
the population —a number below the average of the past 10
years, and less than the number registered last year.
The proportion of deaths from zymotic disease to 1000 deaths
from all causes in 10 years, was in London 159.6, in England
and Wales 128 8, and in the district 116.35.