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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
An additional correction has to be made, as some deaths
occurred in the Borough of persons not belonging thereto, but
as these deaths did not occur in public institutions they were not
deducted in the returns which follow. 14 of these deaths
occurred: two in Clapham, seven in Putney, four in Wandsworth,
and one in Streatham, thus making the corrected total 3,116,
Correcting the population for institutions, and taking the
number of corrected deaths as 3,116, the true death-rate was
13.56 per 1,000.
The next Table shows the total number of deaths, corrected
and uncorrected, in the Borough and in the several sub-districts,
as also the death-rates.
The death-rate for the County of London during the year
1901 was 17.1 per 1,000, compared with 18.3 in 1900, while for
this Borough these rates were respectively 13.57 and 14.67 per
1,000.
The death-rate for England and Wales was for the same
period 16.9, and for the 33 great towns 18.6 per 1,000.
Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate for this
Borough would be higher, viz.: 14.49 per 1,000, or 2.61 below
the rate for the County of London.
The death-rate for the year is low, and compares favourably
with previous years and with the rates for the other Metropolitan
Boroughs. There are only three Boroughs in the County of
London which have a lower death-rate, these being Hampstead
10.7, Lewisham 13.0, and Stoke Newington 13.2.