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Ages at Death.
In the fifth table of the appendix the deaths in
the City are classified according to age, and the
results are, that of the 1,762 deaths in the year,
276 were among infants of less than a year old, and
557 among children under 5 years of age: 123 were
at from 5 to 20 years of age, 259 from 20 to 40, 334
from 40 to 60, 220 from 60 to 73, and 269 at 70 and
upwards. As in the case of all town populations,
the mortality of infants in some parts of the City is
somewhat large, for it amounts in the eastern division
of it to nearly 16 per cent. of the births, and in
the western to rather more than 16 percent.; but in
the central division it is only 11.2 per cent., the
average for the entire City being 14.9 per cent. In
the course of the last ten years the average has been
17.5, and in the whole of the Metropolis in 1869 it
was 16.9 per cent. In 10 of the chief towns of
England, as given in the Registrar-General's Annual
Report for 1869, it was 19.7; and in all England
and Wales it averages 15.2 per cent. Excepting,
therefore, in the worst districts of the City, the
infant mortality has not been excessive, and it has
fallen considerably below the average for the preceding
ten years.
Causes of Death.
As to the causes of death it will be remarked (see
Table No. VI.) that with one exception the mortality