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The death rate for the Borough in 1921 was 13.7 per thousand
living inhabitants, being 1.0 above that recorded in 1920, and 4.0
below the average for the last 10 years.
In column 1, foot of Table I. of the Appendix will be found a
list of places where deaths of non-parishioners occurred in the
district. There were 51 such deaths in all, against 105 in 1920
and 165 in 1919.
19 such deaths occurred in the infirmary; 22 in the River
Thames and the Surrey Commercial Docks, 1 at a Railway Station,
3 in the street, 1 in a factory, and 5 in private houses.
394 persons belonging to this Borough died in outlying institutions,
against 281 in 1920, and 313 in 1919. 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 95 deaths under one year to every 1,000
births.
TABLE A.—Infantile Mortality.
London.
Whole Borough.
Year.
No. of
Deaths.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
Rate per
1,000
Births.
No. of
Deaths.
1911
611
159
14,440
129
1912
433
114
10,056
91
1913
505
131
11,869
105
487
1914
129
11,395
104
537
1915
154
11,369
104
1916
364
108
8,819
88
1917
335
125
8,273
103
1918
322
139
7,965
107
1919
262
99
7,039
85
1920
337
83
-
75
Average for years 1911 - 1920
419
124
-
99
95
1921
306
-
80