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The districts having the highest death rates in London
were City of London 20.8, Finsbury 19.2, Shoreditch 19.0,
Bermondsey 18.8, Southwark 16.8, and Bethnal Green 16.8.
(See Table 12).
The death rate for Lewisham, 10.4 per 1,000 for the
year 1909, shows a decrease of 0'6 over the previous year, and
it is satisfactory to note this is again the lowest rate recorded
during any period for which statistics are available.
On sub-dividing the corrected deaths into the three
divisions of the Borough, it will be noted that the mortality
rate (i.e., the number of deaths per 1,000 persons estimated to
be living in each Division referred to), was lowest in the Lewisham
Division, 10.1, and highest in the Lee Division, ll.3 the
Sydenham and Forest Hill Division being 10.9. (See Table 9).
Carrying the sub-division a step further, the death rates
from all causes in the individual Wards show Church to
have suffered the highest mortality (13.5); on the other hand
Catford claims the lowest mortality for the year with 9.2 per
1,000. (See Table 9).
Age in relation to Deaths-—A division of the registered
deaths at various age periods is arranged in Table 8. It is
satisfactory to note that there is a gradual decrease in the percentage
of deaths under one year to total deaths at all ages, with
a corresponding increase in the percentage of deaths of people
over 65 to total deaths.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases is set out in Table 18. Of the 75 deaths from these
diseases, 74.7 percent. occurred among children under five years
of age. The distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities
appears in Table 16.