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The nett death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
of Edmonton residents occurring inside or outside the District, and is 12.16.
This rate is calculated on the estimated nett population of 60,182.
The corrected nett death-rate is only an ideal or
standardised figure. When the factor for correction is applied to the nett
death-rate we get the figure that would represent the death-rate in Edmonton
if its inhabitants were distributed in the same proportion as regards age and
sex as are the inhabitants of the country generally. This factor for Edmonton
is 1.01785, and the corrected nett death-rate is therefore (12.16 by
1.01785) 12.37.
The nett death-rates for the preceding ten years will be found
on Table I., Column 13.
The nett death-rate for Edmonton is, as I have said, 1216 per
1,000 living; it is lower than the last year (13.32). It is the lowest of any
recorded, and is 3.16 lower than the average of the ten previous years.

Death Certification. All deaths were certified either by the
Medical Attendant or by the Coroner; there were none uncertified.
Inquests were held on 104 residents, or over 14 per cent. of the total
deaths. This percentage is unusually high. The causes of these deaths will
be found on Table IVa. Seven inquests were held on the bodies of illegitimate
infants, or about 32 per cent. of he total illegitimate deaths.
The ages at, and causes of, deaths, are set out in detail on Table IVa.