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Deaths. —During the year 1,223 deaths (640 males, 583
females) were registered in the Borough, as compared with
1,167 in the previous year. Adding 677 deaths of residents of
this Borough which occurred in general hospitals and other
public institutions, and 28 deaths of residents transferred by
the Registrar-General as having occurred in various parts
of England, and deducting 128 deaths of non-residents and 67
transferable deaths which occurred in the Borough, the corrected
number of deaths of residents registered was 1,733.
On the estimated civil population, i.e., 134,400, the
corrected number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual
rate of 12.9 deaths per 1,000 persons living.
The death-rate in London on the estimated population of
London, i.e., 4,534,230, was equal to an annual rate of 13.4
deaths per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths of Infants. —The corrected number of deaths of
res dents under one year of age registered during the year was
196 as compared with 245 in the previous year. The number
of deaths of infants under one year of age was equal to 71 per
1,000 of the corrected births and to 113 per 1,000 of the
corrected deaths.
The number of deaths of infants under one year of age,
residents in London, was equal to 74 per 1,000 of the total
registered births.
The mortality rate of infants under one year of age was,
as compared with the total births registered, 3 per 1,000 less
in this Borough than in London.
Summer Diarrhoea. —The number of deaths from Diarrhoea
was 18, being 55 less than in the previous year. Of these 11
were of children under one year of age.
Danger from Flies. —During the year, illustrated leaflets
were distributed, pointing out the danger from flies and showing
how disease was spread by their carrying filth and germs from