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the mean in Paddington and St. Mary, and below in
St. John, and those for females below in all the
groups ; at "25 to 65," there was an increased mortality
among males and females in Paddington and
St. Mary, but a reduced in St. John ; at " 65 and
over," there was in each and every case an increased
mortality, some of the increases being considerable.
The " All Ages " rates were below the corresponding
mean-rates, except those for females in North Paddington
and Paddington. The general indications
of these tables are a slightly increased mortality,
as compared with the means for the preceding
quinquennium, among females, and a much heavier
incidence of death on elderly people. On the whole,
last year's rates (all causes) compare well with those
for any of the years 1894-98.
The rates as ages "0 to 1" given in these tables
are based on estimates of the numbers living in the
population, as indicated by the census returns. Calculated
on the more reliable basis of births registered
during the year, the infantile mortality for the whole
Parish, both sexes, was 151 per 1,000 births registered,
a rate 10 below that of 1898, and 2 above that of 1897
(see Table 14). Of the districts included in the
"Western Areas" of London, St. George, Hanover
Square, had the lowest rate (129), that of Paddington
coming next. In Marylebone, last year's rate was 124,
and in Hampstead 129. In Wandsworth the rate was