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6 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for1932.
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 8,541, but 1921 of these did not belong to
the Borough, while 1,885 Borough residents died outside the
Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 1,088 of whom 1,972 were males
and 2,110 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was I I -56 compared
with II -80 in I 981.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1932 was 12*8,
for England and Wales 12.0, in the 118 County Boroughs and
great Towns 11.8, and in the 126 smaller Towns 10-8.
Table IV. shows the total number of corrected deaths and
the death-rates for each sub-district and for the whole Borough.

Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole
Borough, and shows the corrected number of deaths from each
cause divided into sexes, age groups and sub-districts, together
with those occurring in Institutions,