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│ │ │ Annual Rate of │ Annual Rate of
│ Years of Life. │ Deaths. │ Mortality │ Mortality in
│ │ │ per Cent. │ England and Wales.
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│ Both │Males. │Females.│ Both │Males.│Females.│ Both │Males.│Females.│ Both │Males.│Females.
│Sexes. │ │ │Sexes.│ │ │Sexes.│ │ │Sexes.│ │
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All ages │35,339 │20,721 │ 14,618 │ 341 │ 301 │ 40 │ ·96 │ 1·45 │ ·27 │ — │ — │ ──
Under 5 years │ 644 │ 575 │ 69 │ 8 │ 6 │ 2 │ 1·24 │ 1·04 │ 2·90 │ — │ — │ ──
5–10 years │ 7,278 │ 6,510 │ 768 │ 109 │ 105 │ 4 │ 1·50 │ 1·61 │ ·52 │ ·92 │ ·92 │ ·91
10–15 years │23,090 │ 9,377 │ 13,713 │ 160 │ 129 │ 31 │ ·69 │ 1·38 │ ·23 │ ·53 │ ·52 │ ·54
15 and upwards, │ 4,327 │ 4,259 │ 68 │ 64 │ 61 │ 3 │ 1·48 │ 1·43 │ 4·41 │ ·84 │ ·82 │ ·85
say 17. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
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NOTE.―The mortality at all ages was ·96 per cent. of both sexes, but
including the deaths of children who have been returned as leaving
school to die at home, this number will be nearly doubled.