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the average for the last ten years being 26 45. The corresponding
rate in England and Wales for the same period is given as 28'4,
in the report of the Registrar General.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered was 389 (180 males and
209 females), equal to a death-rate of 8'4 per thousand living per
annum. After making the usual corrections as required by the
instructions of the Local Government Board the total number of
deaths properly belonging to the District is found to be 424, and the
death-rate 9.2, the death-rate for England and Wales for the same
period being 15'4.
The deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging
hereto which have come to my knowledge were 35 in the Kingston
Infirmary, and 5 in the Brookwood Asylum. The deaths which
occurred in public institutions within the District of persons not
belonging thereto were 4 in the Atkinson Morley Convalescent
Hospital, Copse Hill, and 1 in the South Wimbledon Cottage
Hospital.
Ninety-nine deaths of children under 1 year of age were registered,
and this infantile mortality is represented by a ratio of 82.22 deaths of
infants under 1 year of age to 1000 registered births, being a decrease
of 34'91 from the previous year and is the lowest rate of any year for
which we have records. The same rate for England and Wales for
the same period is 132. Between the ages of 1 and 60, there
were 169 deaths, and 121 of persons aged 60 years and upwards.
The number of deaths from Zymotic diseases was 34, viz:—
Scarlet Fever 1, Measles 4, Diphtheria 4, Diarrhoea 13, Whooping
Cough 9, Enteric Fever 2, and Erysipelas 1, giving a zymotic
death-rate of .73 per thousand of the population per annum.
There were 24 deaths from Bronchitis, 22 from Pneumonia,
27 from Phthisis, 3 from Pleurisy, and 8 from other respiratory
diseases. See Table 4 in which is classified the whole of the deaths,
their causes and ages, and in column 3 will be found the chief causes
of mortality amongst infants under 1 year of age.
Comparing the deaths from respiratory diseases with those that
occurred last year a satisfactory decrease is noted, and in some
measure this may be accounted for by the mildness of the Winter
and Spring. The deaths from Pneumonia number 22 against 46, and
from Bronchitis 24 as against 36 last year.