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Five births transferred to Edmonton by the Registrar-General could
not be allocated, as the names and addresses of the parents were not
given.
DEATHS
The deaths registered in the district during the year were 1,126;
of these 38 occurring in the Strand Union Workhouse and School, and 507
among non-residents at Edmonton Union Workhouse and Infirmary, and
18 "foreigners," outside institutions, are excluded; while HO deaths
of Edmonton residents taking place in the Edmonton Workhouse and
Infirmary, are included in our nett deaths. Thus the number of deaths
amongst Edmonton residents registered in the district amounted to 563.
The gross death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
registered in the district, and is 16.76 per 1,000 living. This rate is
calculated on the estimated gross population of 67,167.
The nett death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
of Edmonton residents occurring inside or outside the district, and is
10.23. This rate is calculated on the estimated nett population of 65,084.
I receive quarterly from the Registrar-General, through the County
Medical Officer, particulars concerning Edmonton residents whose decease
has taken place whilst they are away from their usual home. One
hundred and three deaths were returned in this way during the year,
making the nett total of deaths at all ages for the district proper 666.
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 1.0716, and the corrected nett death-rate is 10.96.
The nett death-rates for the preceding six years will be found
on Table I., column 13.