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17
MORTALITY.
The total number of Deaths registered in the Borough
was 1,942; compared with 1,875 for the year 1901.
After deducting the deaths of non-residents (241) dying
in Public Institutions situated within the Borough, and adding
those of residents (117) who died outside the district, a corrected
total of 1,818 is obtained, compared with 1,668 in 1901.
The corrected total deaths, 1,818, is equivalent to a
Death Rate of 137 per 1,000 living at all ages, and compares
most favourably with the death rate, 17.2 per 1,000 for the
County of London, and 18.6 for the 76 Great Towns.
Compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs, Lewisham
enjoys, as in previous years, one of the lowest death rates in
London. Hampstead 10.8 is the lowest, followed by Stoke
Newington 13.4, Wandsworth 13.5, and Lewisham 13.7 per
1,000 of the population living at all ages.
The highest death rates in London were Finsbury, 22.9,
Southwark, 21.4, Holborn, 21.3. (See Tables 9 and 10).
The death rate for Lewisham, 13.7, for the year 1902,
shows a very slight increase over that for the preceding year
13.0 per 1,000, due partly to the fact that the figures are
obtained from deaths registered in 53 weeks (371 days); only 52
weeks (364 days) were considered in the previous year.
On sub-dividing the corrected deaths into the various
divisions and Wards of the Borough, it will be noted that the
mortality rate of the Lee Division, 11.6, was the lowest,
Lewisham, 14.2 the highest, and Sydenham and Forest Hill
13.8 per 1,000 of the persons estimated to be living in each
Division referred to. (See Table 4).