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The death rate for the Borough in 1922 was 16.7 per thousand
living inhabitants, being 3.0 above that recorded in 1921, and 0.5
below the average for the last 10 years.
In column 1, foot of Table 1 of the Appendix will be found a
list of places where deaths of non-parishioners occurred in the
district. There were 43 such deaths in all, against 51 in 1921 and
105 in 1920.
16 such deaths occurred in the infirmary; 22 in the River
Thames and the Surrey Commercial Docks, 1 in a Canal, 1 in a
school, and 3 in private houses.
496 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying institutions,
against 394 in 1921, and 281 in 1920. The names of the
various places where the deaths occurred will be found in columns
2 and 3 at foot of Table I of Appendix.
Infantile Mortality.
The figure for this is 102 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
Table A.—lnfantile Mortality.
Year.
Whole Borough.
London.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
1912
433
114
91
10,056
131
105
1913
505
11,869
487
129
104
1914
11,395
1915
537
154
11,369
104
88
1916
364
108
8,819
335
1917
125
8273
103
322
107
1918
139
7,965
1919
262
85
99
7,039
1920
83
337
75
-
1921
306
95
-
80
388
Average for years
1912-1921
94
-
117
1922
324
102
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