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(This death-rate is calculated on the census population of 1901.)
Deaths of residents occurring in outlying public institutions are
allotted to the respective wards according to the addresses of the
deceased as received from the Registrar-General's Department.
Table No. 11 gives a list of the institutions in which the deaths
occurred.
The total death-rate for the Borough was equal to annual rate
of 14-33 per 1,000 persons living. The death-rate for England and
Wales 15-2, for the 75 great towns 15-7, for the 141 smaller towns
14-4, and for the County of London 15T.
MORTALITY AT GROUP OF AGES.
The 1,642 deaths recorded during the year included 560 children
under five years of age. The deaths of 411 children occurred under
one year; 149 deaths were registered between one and five years;
69 between five and fifteen; 78 between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-five; 525 of persons over 25 and under 65; and 410 of
persons aged upwards of 65 years.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Infantile mortality, that is to say, the proportion of deaths of
infants under one year to every 1,000 children born during the year
was 124, the lowest yet recorded in the Borough.
It is gratifying to know that the printed instructions upon the
feeding and care of infants, which were first distributed in the
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford as far back as the year 1901,
are still eagerly asked for; and the mortality being so low proves
that these instructions are now more carefully read and carried out.