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TABLE 17.
Death-rates* from
Infantile Mortality
(0-1 year) per 1,000
births registered.
All Causes.
Principal
Zymotic
Diseases.
Small-Pox.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping
Cough.
Fever.
-
Diarrhoea.
Phthisis.
England & Wales
1899
18.3
2.21
0.01
0.31
0.12
0.29
0.30
0.20
0.98
?
163
1889-98
18.3
2.12
0.01
0.43
0.17
0.23
0.38
0.17
0.67
?
151
33 Great Towns
1899
20.2
2.81
0.01
0.46
0.13
0.40
0.38
0.22
1.21
?
181
1896-98
19.0
2.86
0.01
0.61
0.18
0.23
0.47
0.19
1.08
?
174
67 Large Towns
1899
18.0
2.45
0.01
0.28
0.12
0.28
0.32
0.23
1.22
?
178
1896-98
17.2
2.44
0.06
0.49
0.14
0.26
0.36
0.19
0.94
?
168
Rest of England & Wales
1899
17.1
1.71
0.01
0.21
0.10
0.21
0.25
0.18
0.76
?
124
1896-98
16.3
1.99
0.00
0.34
0.12
0.20
0.29
0.15
0.56
?
138
Registration
London
1899
19.3
2.46
0.01
0.47
0.09
0.43
0.38
0.17
0.92
1.82
166
1889-98
19.6
2.72
0.01
0.62
0.20
049
0.53
0.13
0.70
1.86
157
PADDINGTON
1899‡
16.1
1.55
...
0.05
0.04
0.23
0.33
0.07
0.83
1.15
151
1889-98‡
16.3
2.09
0.01
039
0.12
0.47
0.38
0.12
0.60
1.29
151
St. Mary,
North Paddington
11899‡
17.8
2.00
...
0.04
0.06
0.30
0.44
0.09
1.07
1.18
159
11889-98‡
17.7
2.48
0.01
0.49
0.14
0.54
0.46*
0.11
0.73
1.48
154
St. John,
South Paddington
1899‡
10.6
0.32
...
...
0.03
...
0.03
0.03
0.23
0.72
93
1889-98‡
12.5
1.07
0.01
0.13
0.09
0.27
0.17
0.15
0.26
0.80
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Rates calculated per 1,000 estimated living in each year. ‡Calculated from local statistics. All other rates are based on
the published returns of the Registrar-General. † The rates here given do not agree with those mentioned elsewhere,
being based on totals of 2,065 deaths from all causes, and 198 from the zymotic diseases mentioned, as compared with a
corrected total of 2,062, 203 obtained by the Department.