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Fourteen births transferred to Edmonton by the Registrar-General could
not be allocated, as the names and addresses of the parents were not given.
The deaths registered in the district during the year were 1,184 of these
36 occurring in the Strand Workhouse, and 455 among non-residents at
Edmonton Workhouse and Infirmary, and 10 "foreigners," outside institutions,
are excluded; while 140 deaths of Edmonton residents taking place in the
Edmonton Workhouse and Infirmary are included in onr nett deaths. Thus
the number of deaths amongst Edmonton residents registered in the district
amounted to 683.
The gross death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths
registered in the district, and is 17.31 per 1,000 living. This rate is calculated
on the estimated gross population of 68,387.
The nett death-rate is based upon the total number of deaths of
Edmonton residents occurring inside or outside the district, and is 11.93 This
rate is calculated on the estimated nett population of 66,552. 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 eleven deaths
were returned in this way during the year, making the nett total of deaths at
all ages for the district proper 794.
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 12.78.
The nett death-rates for he preceding six years will be found on
Table I., column 13.
DEATHS.