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1900-04, 14.39; 1905-09, 12.89. (Table I, Appendix A). A comparison of the nett rates for
each quarter of the year shows that the fourth quarter was the only one in which the rate
exceeded the mean, the excess being slightly greater than that observed in the crude rate, and
the reduction in the rate for the second was also greater than that in the crude rate. (See below).
Quarters. 1 2 3 4
1910. 13.44 11.55 8.63 13.60
1905-09. 15.60 12.34 10.67 13.29
Differences — 2.16 — 0.79 — 2.04 + 0.31
It will be shown later that the mortality from diarrhoea was much below the average
dring the third quarter, while there was some excess in the fourth. The notable decreases
inthe rates for the third quarter recorded during the last two years were undoubtedly due to
the absence of any outbreak of that disease.
The nett total of 1,795 deaths included 868 of males and 927 of females, the nett rates being
13.28 and 10.64 respectively, both of which show reductions from the mean rates, viz.: 14.51
and 11.68 (Table 8). In that table will also be found the numbers (corrected) of deaths
belonging to each Ward and the nett rates. The corrected numbers of deaths belonging to
each Ward during 1901-10, are given in Table II, Appendix A. As regards the rates for
"persons" the highest rate recorded last year was that of Church Ward (15.36; 17.31 in
1909), and the lowest that of Lancaster Gate, West (6.41; 8.66 in 1909). The Harrow Road
rate was the only one in excess of the mean (rate, 12.83; mean, 12.58), the greatest reduction
from the mean being shown by the Hyde Park rate (8.59 in 1910; mean, 11.08, a decrease of
22.5 per cent.). The only increases in the rates for the separate sexes were those in Harrow
Road (male, 1910, 13.46; mean, 13.03: female, 1910, 12.25; mean, 12.20) and Lancaster Gate,
East (female, 1910, 6.22; mean, 6.12).