It is interesting to note that, while the death-rate increases from nothing in the case of families with only three children to 40 per cent. and over in the case of families with ten or eleven children, the intermediate percentages do not follow in numerical order. Families with five children have a worse death-rate than families with six, seven, or eight. In the same way, if you compare death-rates according to household allowances, the death-rate of families with between 20s. and 22s. a week is actually higher than that of families with less than 20s. THIRTY-ONE FAMILIES WITH THREE OR MORE CHILDREN TAKEN WITHIN THE INVESTIGATION. Total of 186 children; 46 dead; death-rate, 24·7. _Arranged according to Number in Family._ +--------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+ |Number born in| Number of | Number Dead.| Approximate | | Each Family. | Families. | | Death-rate. | +--------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+ | | | | Per Cent. | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 10 | 2 | 8 | 40 | | 11 | 1 | 6 | 54 | +--------------+-----------+-------------+-------------+ _Arranged according to Household Allowance._ +----------------+----------+-----------+--------+-------------+ | | Number | Number of | | | | Allowance. | of | Children | Number | Approximate | | | Families.| born. | Dead. | Death-rate. | +----------------+----------+-----------+--------+-------------+ | | | | | Per Cent. | | | | | | | |Over 22/0 a week| 11 | 73 | 11 | 15 | |20/0 to 22/0 | 9 | 59 | 19 | 32 | |Less than 20/0 | 11 | 54 | 16 | 29 | +----------------+----------+-----------+--------+-------------+ _Arranged according to Rent._