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All disinfection should be done by the officers of
the Sanitary Authority, and the exception now
existing by virtue of a medical attendant's certificate
done away with.
Such amendments as these would in the end
almost certainly diminish the amount of infectious
diseases, and so prove to be economical.
DEATHS.
During the year, 2,249 deaths (1,094 of males,
and 1,155 of females) were registered within the
Parish—equivalent to an "uncorrected" death-rate
of 18.32 per 1,000 of the estimated population, the
corresponding rate for 1894 having been 15.75.
From the deaths registered in Paddington there
must be deducted those of 306 non-parishioners who
died in the local institutions, and 156 deaths of
parishioners who died in other parts of the Metropolis
have to be added. The corrected total thus
obtained is 2,099—equal to a rate of 17.09 per
1,000, which is 2.03 above the rate for 1894. The
total of 2,099 will be used throughout the remainder
of this Report, unless otherwise stated, as the basis
for all calculations.
The corrected total included 995 deaths of
males, equal to a rate of 19.58 per 1,000 males
living, and 1,104 females, equal to a rate of 15.34
per 1,000 females living. The deaths of residents
of St. Mary's District numbered 1,671—18.44 per
1,000 of the inhabitants of that district; and those