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During the year there were 437 deaths of infants
under one year of age, 629 of children under five
years of age, and 600 of persons aged 65 years and
upwards.
The rate of infantile mortality in Paddington was
148 per 1,000 registered births. In London the rate
was 154, and in the 27 largest provincial towns it
ranged from 137 in Brighton to 227 in Preston.
The 629 deaths of children under 5 years of age
constituted 29'8 per cent. of the total deaths. 158
of these deaths were due to one or other of the seven
principal zymotic diseases, of which 135 occurred in
St. Mary's, and 23 in St. John's Sub-district.
Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths from the seven principal
preventable (zymotic) diseases was 201, and was
equivalent to an annual rate of 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London, the zymotic death-rate was
equivalent to an annual rate of 2.30 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In the 27 largest provincial towns, it ranged
from 1.05 in Brighton to 3.77 in Preston.
Small-pox caused no death in Paddington, nor did
any case come under the notice of the Sanitary
Department. In London only 8 deaths occurred, being
the sixth successive year in which London has been
practically free from the disease.
Measles caused only 7 deaths—6 in St. Mary s and
1 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an annual