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Parish of Wandsworth.
101
To ascertain the true mortality, these 191 deaths
require to be added to 663, giving a further corrected
total of 854. The death rate calculated from this would
be 15.76 per 1,000, while in 1894 this was 14 93, and
in 1893, 18.43 per 1,000. The causes of this increase
in the mortality are dealt with further on in this report.
Table III. gives the statistics of mortality for the
year. It is arranged according to the classification of
the Registrar General, and shows the number of deaths,
the causes of death, and the age, sex, and social position
of the deceased
Tables A and B are inserted by direction of the
Local Government Board.
In Table III. the causes of death are classified
under six main heads, and the total number of deaths
under each head, as well as the percentage to total
deaths, were as follows :—
1. Zymotic 94 deaths or 11.77 per oent. of total deaths.
2. Constitutional. 155 „ 19.42 „ „ „
3. Local 396 „ 49.62 „ „ „
4 Developmental. 135 „ 16.92 „ „ „
5. Violence 17 „ 2.13 „ „ „
6. Ill-defined 1 „ .12 „ „ „