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adviser, to examine these children which are temporarily kept
from school, to determine their disease, and to define the proper
period of their returns.
The number of deaths from all causes in infants under 1 year
of age was 372, 44 less than in the preceding year. In the table
published by the Registrar-General, in which the intra and
extra-parochial deaths in each parish are included, to form a
correct comparison, the deaths under 1 year, in 1885, to 1,000
births were:—In Kensington. 162; in Chelsea, 169; St. George,
Hanover Square, 124; Hampstead. 110; Islington, 144; Strand,
168; Holborn, 196; Clerkenwell, 157; Whitechapel, 166; St.
George-in-the-East, 190; &c. So that in this respect, wrhich
surely forms a fair test of general careful domestic management,
Clerkenwell again takes a good place; above that of Chelsea
and many other parishes.
202 deaths occurred at and above 60; 1 less than in the preceding
year.
99 inquest deaths were registered in the year; 22 less than in
the preceding year. Of these, 29 related to deaths occurring in
the St. James Sub-district; 50 in the Amwell; 19 in the Pentonville;
and 21 in the Goswell Sub-District.
8 deaths occurred in the House of Correction; 1 in the House
of Detention.
26 deaths arose from violence; the number for 1884 being: 33.
In 20 large English towns, the mortality in 1885 was: —
London, 19.7; Brighton, 17.1; Portsmouth, 19.7; Norwich, 20.3;
Plymouth, 22.3; Bristol, 19.7; A Wolverhampton, 20.2; Birmingham,
19.3; Leicester, 19.8; Nottingham, 19.9; Liverpool, 23.8;
Manchester. 26.5; Salford, 21.1; Oldham, 22.0; Bradford, 17.7;
Leeds, 19.9; Sheffield, 20.7; Hull, 17.2; Sunderland, 23.8; and
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 26.1.