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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1952
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,527 but 1,220 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 1,858 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,165 of whom 2,036 were males and 2,129
females.
The death-rate for the year was 12.55 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 12.85 in 1951.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1952 was 12.6 and
for England and Wales 11.3.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the
death-rates for each division and for the whole Borough.