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During the year there were 378 deaths of infants
under one year of age, 658 of children under five
years of age, and 453 of persons aged 65 years and
upwards.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington was
133 per 1,000 registered births. In London the
rate was 146, and in the 27 largest provincial towns
it ranged from 123 in Bristol to 200 in Leicester. In
England and Wales it was 137.
Zymotic Diseases.
Small-pox caused 1 death in Paddington. The
deceased had only two vaccination marks, both bad.
No other case came under the notice of the Sanitary
Department. In London 9 deaths occurred, being the
lowest number on record since civil registration began.
Measles caused 66 deaths—63 in St. Mary's, and
3 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.57 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the deaths from Measles were in the
proportion of 0.56 to 1,000 inhabitants, the average
annual rate in the preceding decennium having been
0.58. But, though the rate for the whole year was
thus in London considerably below the average, there
was in the latter part of the year a very serious outbreak,
which began about the first week in October,
and reached its maximum in the middle of December.