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DEATHS.
The number of Deaths registered during the year was 1,824
(males 951, females 873), of these 484 occurred in public
institutions outside the district.
There were 580 deaths belonging to the North District, 479
to the South District, and 765 to the Central District.
The subjoined table gives the number of deaths that occurred
in each Ward, and the death-rate in each Ward (see also
Table 13) :—
Deaths.
Death-rate per 1,000.
East Ward
15.98
359
North Ward
305
12.21
North-West Ward
263
1094
South Ward
126
10.18
South-East Ward
142
12.58
South-West Ward
145
9.2 9
This death-rate is calculated on the census population of 1901.
Deaths in outlying Public Institutions will be found in Table 8,
which gives a list of the institutions in which the deaths
occurred.
The total death-rate was equal to an annual rate of 16 05 per
1,000 persons living. The death-rate for England and Wales
was 16-2 and for the 76 great towns 17 2, whilst the death-rate
for the Metropolis as a whole was 16-1.
MORTALITY AT GROUP OF AGES.
The 1,824 deaths recorded during the year included 724
children under five years of age. The deaths of 489 children
occurred under one year; 235 deaths were registered between
one and five years; 64 between five and fifteen; 72 between the
ages of 15 and 25; 551 of persons over 25 and under 65; and
413 of persons aged upwards of 65 years.