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fully corrected and strictly comparable, save that no
account is taken of the varying influences of overcrowding,
poverty, &c., which cannot be reduced to
mathematical formulae. Of the Metropolitan Districts
mentioned in the Table, Hampstead had the lowest
death-rate (13.58) last year, Wandsworth the next
lowest (14.31), and St. George, Hanover Square, the
next (14.57). These were the only districts with rates
below the fully corrected rate for the Parish (15.56).
It will be seen that last year's rate for England and
Wales was 1.8 below the "standard rate," whilst that
for London was approximately 0.9 above the standard.
The rates prevailing in the districts included in the
Western Area of the Metropolis were all below the
standard rates, to the following extents :—Paddington
1.16, Kensington 0.09, Hammersmith 0.34, Fulham
0.46, Chelsea 0.97, and St. George, Hanover Square,
2.77.
AGE-GROUP DEATH-RATES.
Tables 13 and 13a contain the death-rates prevailing
in the six age-groups used in these reports for
each sex and each sub-district, as well as the whole
Parish, the rates being calculated on the total deaths
recorded in each age-group. Tables 14 and 14a give
the numbers of deaths recorded at ages under one
year, and in each year of life under five. With
regard to infants under one year of age, the mortality
rates in the latter tables are more trustworthy than
those in the former.