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Deaths of residents occurring in outlying public institutions are
allocated to their respective Wards according to the addresses of the
deceased as received from the Registrar-General's Department.
The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the
total number of deaths during 1914 and 1915 is as follows:—
1914. 1915.
Under 1 year 19.3 per cent. 19'9 per cent, deaths.
1 to 2 years 5.4 „ 7.0 „ „
2 to 5 „ 4.8 „ 6.0 „ „
5 to 15 „ 4.0 „ 4.2 „ „
15 to 25 „ 4.0 „ 4.2 „ „
25 to 45 „ 13.0 „ 10.9 „ „
45 to 65 „ 21.0 „ 22.4 „ „
65 years and upwards 28.5 „ 25.4 „ „
Seasonal Mortality.
First Quarter.—The deaths numbered 583, which is equal to an
annual death rate of 21.1 per 1000.
Second Quarter.—The deaths numbered 463, which is equal to
an annual death rate of 16.8 per 1000.
Third Quarter.—In this quarter 429 deaths were registered, equal to
an annual rate of 15.6 per 1000.
Fourth Quarter.—487 deaths were registered, equal to a rate of
17.7 per 1000 of the population.
Note.—The figures contained in the Quarterly Reports have been corrected by
the inclusion of 24 parishioners whose deaths occurred outside the
Metropolitan area
Infantile Mortality.
Total deaths of Infants under one year, 391.
Average for previous
1915. 10 years
Deptford Infantile death rate per
1000 births 132 117
England and Wales ... ... 110
96 Large Towns ... ... ... 117
148 Smaller Towns... ... ... 114
County of London ... ... ... 112
Of the 1,962 deaths recorded during the year 391 were of infants
under one year of age.
In a previous table will be seen the infantile mortality per 1,000
births for the past ten years.