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DEATHS.
The nett number of deaths registered during 1937 was 1,153
of which 586 were males and 567 females as compared with 1086
last year ; the increase in the number of deaths being mainly due to
the heavy mortality from Influenza during the first quarter. This
gives a crude Death Rate for the Borough of 12.05, which figure
is slightly increased to 12.29 when the comparability factor furnished
by the Registrar General for adjusting Local Deaths is taken into
account.
The Comparability Factor for Greenwich is the same as last
year, viz., 1.02 and may be regarded as the population handicap
to be applied, which, when multiplied by the crude Death Rate for
the year, modifies the latter so as to make it comparable with the
Country as a whole or any other similarly adjusted area. The
adjusted Death Rate is in effect a "corrected" Death Rate.
The average Death Rate for the last 10 years is 12.58.
The Death Rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales are 12.3 and 12.4 respectively.
The following table showing causes of death at all ages has
been supplied by the Registrar-General, and is included in accordance
with the request contained in the Ministry of Health's
Circular No. 1650.