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Stillbirths.—'Sixty-three stillbirths were allocated to this
Borough. Forty-four were registered in the Borough, of
which number six were outward transfers. Twenty-five
were born outside the Borough and were transferred by the
Registrar-General.
Deaths.—During the year 1,859 deaths were registered
in the Borough, as compared with 1,500 in the previous
year. Adding 631 deaths of residents of this Borough
which occurred in general hospitals and other public institutions,
and 24 deaths of residents transferred by the
Registrar-General as having occurred in various parts of
England, and deducting 329 deaths of non-residents and
17 transferable deaths which occurred in the Borough, the
corrected number of deaths of residents was 1,668 (813
males, 855 females).
On the estimated population, i.e., 129,170, the corrected
number of deaths of residents was equal to an annual
rate of 12.9 deaths per 1,000 persons living.
Populations of all areas are not similarly constituted as
regards the proportions of their sex and age group components,
and their crude death rates fail as true comparative
mortality indexes in that their variations are not due to
mortality alone but arise also from differences in the popu
lation constitution, the two elements being combined in
indistinguishable proportions.