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1.60 per 1,000. The deaths from cancer numbered
124, those from phthisis 133, and those from other
forms of tuberculosis 93. Bronchitis and pneumonia
were certified as causing 318 deaths, viz., 212 from
the former, and 106 from the latter disease. The foregoing
figures include the deaths of 294 non-parishioners,
and do not take into account the 163 deaths
of parishioners registered in other parts of the
Metropolis. By the exclusion of the former and the
inclusion of the latter, a nett total of 1,810 deaths of
parishioners is obtained, equal to a death rate of 14.33
per 1,000. This constitutes the commonly called
"corrected" total of deaths and death-rate, but, as
will be shortly explained, the latter requires further a
correction before it can be used for comparison with
the rates of other districts.
If Table 10 be referred to, it will be seen that the
death-rate for last year (14.33) was the lowest for the
six years, 1892-97, and 2.27 below the mean rate for
the five years 1892-96. Table 11 shows that last year's
rate was 2.19 below the decennial mean rate, and that
the rate for 1889 (14.21) was the only one below
that for last year. An examination of the recorded
rates since 1866 shows that the years 1889 and 1897
have been the only occasions when corrected deathrates
under 15.0 per 1,000 have been recorded.
The 1,810 deaths of parishioners comprised 906 of
males and 904 of females, equal to rates of 17.35 and
12.20 per 1,000 of each sex. (See Table 10.) These