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was again very much higher than the rate for the parish
of St. George, Bloomsbury.
In London the deaths of 89,689, persons were registered,
equal to an annual rate of 19.8 per 1,000, the average
rate in the ten years being 19.6 per 1,000.
In England and Wales the deaths of 581,824 persons
were registered, corresponding to a death-rate of 18.3 per
1,000, a rate of 0.l below the average rate in the ten years
1889-98.
Infantile Mortality.
201 children died before they reached five years of age,
against 243 recorded for the preceding year.
136 were infants under one year.
The deaths of children under one year per 1,000 of
registered births were 120, against 153 for the year 1898.
The diseases which were specially fatal to children in
this district, were "diarrhœa and enteritis (inflammation of
the bowels)" 43, "bronchitis and pneumonia" 32, "atrophy
and debility" 26, "scrofulous diseases" 21, measles" 15,
"prematurity" accounted for 18, and 6 were accidentally
suffocated in bed with their parents.
In England and Wales the rate of mortality among
infants under one year of age to registered births was 163.
Senile Mortality.
The deaths amongst people at advanced ages were as
follows:—