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The average death rate for this district for the previous decade is 10.94 per thousand.
Fifty-three of these deaths were of persons 60 years of age and upwards, of whom 19 were
between 60 and 70; 19 between 70 and 80; and 15 between 80 and 90.
Eleven deaths were the subjects of Inquests by the Coroner during the year, and the verdicts of
the juries were as follows:—Natural Causes, 5; Accidents, 4; Drowning, 1 ; Suicide, 1.
The only death recorded as being due to one of the principal zymotic diseases was one from
Scarlet fever.
This is equal to a rate of 0.1 per thousand of the population ; an exceedingly low rate.
Infantile Mortality.—Eight deaths of infants under one year of age were registered during the
year; of whom two were illegitimate; these latter being infants born in the Union Infirmary and boarded
out in this District.
The causes of these infants' deaths were certified as follows: -Premature birth, 3;
Convulsions, 2; Debility, 1; Congenital defects, 1; and Pneumonia, 1.
Seven died within the District, and the remaining one at the Children's Hospital. Great
Ormond Street.
The infantile mortality rate is calculated on the actual births and infantile deaths registered in
the District during the year; and for the year under review is the low one of 33.9 per thousand births
This is the lowest infantile mortality rate recorded for this District.
The rate for England and Wales for 1910, is 106 per thousand births.
There have been no deaths from Diarrhœa, Whooping Cough or Measles; diseases which are
particularly fatal to very young children.
The Notification of Births Act of 1909, has not been adopted.
The work of inspection under the Infant Life Protection Act is carried out by a trained nurse
employed by the Board of Guardians.