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134 of children under 5 years, and 86 of persons aged 65
years and upwards.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington was 114
deaths to 1,000 registered births. In London it was 124;
in the twenty-seven largest provincial towns it averaged 140,
ranging from 108 in Brighton, to 224 in Preston. Of 50
other provincial towns, the highest rate was reached by
Merthyr-Tydfil and Rochdale, in each of which towns it was
192 per 1,000 births.
The deaths of children under 5 years of age constituted 33.4
per cent. of the total deaths. 33 were due to one or other of
the seven principal zymotic diseases.