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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 1$
Deaths.
During the year there were registered in the Borough 3,009
deaths, 1,464 of males and 1,545 of females, compared with a
total of 3,142 in 1900, and 3,131 in 1899. This number is 237
under the decennial average corrected for increase of population.
The uncorrected death-rate was 12.82 per 1,000, compared
with 14 in 1900, and 13.95, the average of the years 1891-1900.
To ascertain the corrected death-rate, the deaths occurring
within the Borough among persons not belonging thereto must
be subtracted, and the deaths occurring outside the Borough
among persons belonging thereto must be added.
The total number of deaths after correction was 3,130,
compared with 3,200 in 1900, and 3,173 in 1899. The average
number of deaths for the years 1891-1900 was, corrected for
increase of population, 3,350, or 220 above the number for the
year 1901.
During the year 493 deaths occurred in Public Institutions
in the Borough of persons belonging to other places. The next
Table shows these arranged according to sub-districts, and also
the Institutions in which the deaths occurred.