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DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in Saint Paul's Parish was
1,396, in Saint Nicholas Parish, 143, in the South Eastern Metropolitan
Asylum Board's Hospital, 265, and in the outlying public
institutions, 498, making a total of 2,302.
Of the 265 deaths registered as occurring in the South-Eastern
Metropolitan Asylum Board's Hospital, only 24 were parishioners
of Deptford, therefore, if these deaths, 241, are deducted from the
gross number occurring in my district, it makes the number of
deaths of parishioners only—including those dying at outlying
Public Institutions—2,061, equivalent to an annual Death Rate of
17.6 per 1,000 persons living.
The Death Rate in the thirty-three great provincial towns
during the year averaged 19.1 per 1,000 persons living. Whilst
the Death Rate for the Metropolis was 18.2 per 1,000; that for
Saint Paul's, including all parishioners whether dying in or out of
the parish, 19'3, and for Saint Nicholas Parish, 25·0.
Full details will be found in Tabular Forms Nos. 1 and 2,
and Table No. 2 gives the Statistics of the births and deaths in
the two parishes during the year, showing the number of Deaths
which occurred at the South-Eastern Metropolian Asylum Board's
Hospital, including non-parishioners, and at the outlying public
institutions.
Table No. 3 shows the Death Rate in the two parishes during
the last 10 years.
Table No. 4 shows the excess of births over deaths in the two
parishes of Saint Paul and Saint Nicholas, Deptford.
MORTALITY AT GROUPS OF AGES.
The 2,302 deaths last year included 1,019 children under
five years of age, The deaths of 638 children occurred under one
year of age, and 381 deaths were registered between 1 and 5 years ;