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1,563 deaths occurred amongst males; 1,479 amongst females.

Seven deaths were uncertified by a medical man or coroner.
Inquests were held in 243 cases.
699 persons died in hospitals or public institutions.
Of the total deaths 802 (26.36 per cent.) were of infants under one year of age, and Deaths under
a quarter of these were attributed to "Debility" or Premature Birth; 13 deaths are one year of age
attributed to Congenital Syphilis. The other chief causes of death at this age were
Diarrhoea, 85; Tubercular Diseases, 79; Diseases of the Nervous System (including
those ascribed to Teething), 71 ; and diseases of the respiratory organs, 176. Thirty
infants were suffocated in bed with their parents.
The rate of infantile mortality was 175.5 per 1,000 births; in London, 154; the
lowest rate being 104 in Hampstead, the highest 228 in Holborn.
1,385 deaths occurred in children under five years of age, that is, 583 deaths took
place in children between one and five years of age. Zymotic Diseases (in which may
be included Tubercular affections) are responsible for 384 deaths, but probably a proportion
of the deaths from diseases of the respiratory system, arising from damp condition of
dwellings, should be included in the list of diseases which can be prevented. The
deaths of children under five years amounted to 45.5 percent. of the total deaths in the
year, the deaths for London, at the same age, were equal to 36.9 percent.
Of the 1,657 remaining deaths, 136 took place between the ages of 5 and 15;
1,051 between 15 and 65, and 470 above the age of 65; of these latter 139 exceeded
the age of 75, 27 being between 85 and 95, while two exceeded 95.
Deaths under
jive years of
age.
Of the 1,051 deaths of persons between 15 and 65 years of age, 25 percent. are
attributable to respiratory diseases; 23 percent. to consumption in various forms; about
ten percent. each to diseases of the Heart and Nervous System, while Cancer, diseases
of the Kidneys and of the Digestive Organs claim about five per cent. Shoreditch has
been shown to contain the largest proportion of artizans among metiopolitan parishes,
and many of the diseases to which they are liable may be incident to the employment in
which they are engaged ; but still much may be done to reduce the amount of sickness,
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Deaths of
Adults.