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CAUSES OF DEATH.
In 211 cases deaths were registered after inquest held.
The 2,163 deaths recorded in the Borough included 324 of non-residents, of whom 301 died in
public institutions. (See Table VII., Appendix.) In institutions beyond the Borough 218 deaths
were registered. The "corrected," but more properly "nett," total of deaths is obtained by
deducting the 324 deaths of non-residents and adding the 218 deaths of residents recorded in
outlying institutions, &c. The total thus obtained is 2,057—and all future references to deaths
will be limited to that number, unless otherwise expressly stated.
The 2,057 deaths of residents were equal to a rate of 14.26 per 1,000, a rate which compares
very favourably with any of the rates recorded in the old Parish since 1891. The only year with
a rate of less than 15.0 per 1,000 was 1897, when it was 14.64 or 0.38 higher than last year. In
comparison with the mean rate for the old Parish, last year's rate was 1.24 per 1,000 under the
average. (See Table I., Appendix.) Of resident males, 996 deaths were recorded, equal to a rate of
16.13 per 1,000 males, and of females, 1,061, equal to a rate of 12.86 per 1,000 females.
Among the residents in St. Mary's Sub-District there were 1,452 deaths, equal to a rate of
15.54, 702 of deaths being of males (rate, 16.90), and 750 of females (rate, 14.45). In St. John the
rate for both sexes was 10.35; that for males 13.89, and that for females 8.48. In North-West
Paddington the rates for persons, males and females, were 14.98, 15.47, and 14.49. The sex-age
compositions of the various populations not being known, it is useless to speculate on the value
of these rates. (See Table 21.)
In the Wards the death-rates per 1,000 persons ranged from a minimum of 7.67 in Lancaster
Gate East to a maximum of 18.37 in Church Ward. (See Table 22.)
The mortality rate in the Borough was higher than those for Hampstead (10.64) and
Willesden (11.95), but below the others, the highest being that of Marylebone (16.57). (See Table 24.)
In the Metropolis last year's rate was 17.6, being 1.9 below the decennial mean rate (19.5)
and 3.0 above the rate for the Borough. In England and Wales the rate for the year was 16.9, or
1.3 below the decennial mean (18.2). (See Table 26.)
Ages at Death.
In the absence of information as to numbers living at the various ages in the Wards and SubDistricts
of the Borough this part of the subject cannot be dealt with in the usual form. The
appended table of ages at death, in six age groups, in the Wards will, however, be of interest
(Table 23). The question of infantile mortality will be dealt with later on.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
In a general reference to this subject attention is directed in the undermentioned tables:—
Table IV., Appendix—Causes of death in whole Borough, distinguishing age and sex.
Page 67.
Table V., Appendix—Causes of death at all ages in each Ward. Page 68.
Tables 25 & 25A, showing the deaths and death-rates at all ages from certain causes during
1901, and the mean rates for the two quinquennia and decennium between 1891
and 1900. Pages 38 and 39,
Tables 24 & 26, Various rates in the Metropolis, adjacent districts, &c. Pages 38 and 39.
Small-pox.
No death has been recorded in the Borough from this cause since 1896, that death occurring
eighteen months after the patient's attack. One of the 22 cases reported during the past year
terminated fatally in the early weeks of the current year.
It is premature to discuss the fatality of the present outbreak, but the two following interim,
tables are not without value as showing the influence which vaccination has upon the fatality of
the disease.