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Table IV., which is prepared in accordance with the
instructions of the Local Government Board, gives the causes
of, and the ages at, death.
In Table IV. will also be found the numbers and the causes
of deaths occurring in the several wards of the Borough, and the
following table gives the death-rate of each ward.:—

The death-rate of the County of London was 15.2 per
1,000, and of the three adjoining boroughs that of Kensington
was 13.9, of Hammersmith 14.1, and of Chelsea 15.3.
The lowest rates in the 28 metropolitan boroughs were
10.0 in Hampstead, 11.1 in Lewisham, and 12.4 in Wandsworth,
while the highest rates were 18.6 in Holborn, 19.4 in Shoreditch,
and 20.3 in Finsbury. The death-rate of England and Wales
was 15.4, and that of 76 of the great towns 16.3.
Corrected Death-rate.
The Medical Officer of Health of the County of London
has published a factor for correction for differences in the age
and sex constitution for each of the metropolitan boroughs,
based upon the age and sex constitution of the respective
populations as enumerated in the census of 1901. The following
table gives the crude and the corrected death-rates per 1,000
persons living in Fulham, the adjoining boroughs, and the County
of London.