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DEATHS.
The nett number of deaths registered during 1938 was 1,040
of which 551 were males and 489 females as compared with 1,153
last year. This gives a crude Death Rate for the Borough of 10.89,
which figure is slightly increased to 11.10 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 11.61.
The Death Rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales are 11.4 and 11.6 respectively.
The inset 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. 1728.