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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The total number of deaths after these corrections
have been made was 946, an increase of 92 compared
with the corrected total in 1895. The death-rate calculated
from this was 16.94 per 1,000 compared with 15.76
per 1,000 in 1895, 14.93 per 1,000 in 1894, and 18.43
per 1,000 in 1893.
The death-rate for the whole metropolis for the
year 1896 was 18.2 per 1,000, or 1.26 per 1,000 above
the rate for this sub-district.
Table III. shows the statistics of mortality for the
year. It shows the number of deaths, the causes of
death, and the age, sex, and social position of the
deceased.
Tables A and B are inserted by direction of the
Local Government Board.
In Table III. the causes of death are classified
in six main groups, and the total number of deaths in
each group, as well as the percentage to total deaths,
were as follows:—
1. Zymotic 181 deaths or 20.43 per cent. of total deaths.
2. Constitutional 156 „ 17.61 „ „ „
3. Local 397 „ 44.81 „ „ „
4. Developmental 123 „ 13.88 „ „ „
5. Violence 29 „ 3.27 „ „ „
6. Ill-defined 0 „ 0 „ „ „