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in the Metropolitan districts. The factor for Willesden is not known. He has also calculated
the "standard" rates for the Metropolitan districts (See Table 14). By the use of the factors
referred to, the "corrected" rates given in the fourth column have been obtained. The
"corrected" rate for the Borough (15.50) is notably below the rates for the other districts,
Hampstead (12T2) alone excepted. Similarly it will be found that the "corrected" rate for
the Borough was 1.54 below the "standard" rate, a difference (negative) exceeded only by
that for Hampstead (4.07). The local rates therefore compare favourably with those of the
Selected Districts.

*From Registrar-General's figures (Quarterly Reports).
Tables showing the numbers of deaths from the more important causes of death in the
whole Borough, Registration Sub-Districts and Wards will be found in the Appendix.
(See Tables IV. and V.)
NOTIFICATIONS.
Excluding cases of chicken-pox, the notification of which was required during part of
the year only, 921 cases of infectious disease were reported during 1002, as compared with
1,111 during 1001. The morbidity-rate was equal to 0.23 per 1,000 persons of all ages last
year, or 1.47 less than the rate for 1001 (7.70). In the whole Metropolis the notified cases
increased from 40,444 in 1001 to 46,171 last year, the rate rising from 8.86 to 0.91. The
notifications of diphtheria, scarlet and enteric fevers in the Borough during 1902 were fewer
than in 1001 (See Table 15), while in the Metropolis similar decreases occurred in the two
first diseases only. The most notable feature of the year was the exceptional prevalence of
small-pox.
In Table 16 are given the numbers of cases reported in each Registration Sub-District, in
the Borough and the Metropolis, the returns for last year being contrasted with the decennial
averages for each disease adjusted for variations in the populations. In the whole Borough
there were increases in the returns for small-pox (587 per cent.), enteric (6 per cent.) and
puerperal (40 per cent.) fevers, while in the Metropolis, small-pox (808 per cent.) and puerperal
fever. (6 per cent.) were the only diseases the notifications of which were in excess of
the average.
Table 17 shows the numbers of cases of each disease reported from each Ward during
the past year, the corresponding numbers for 1001 being indicated by the figures in parentheses.
In Table 18 the cases reported in the Borough as a whole have been distributed according to
the sexes and ages of the patients, and in Table 10 will be found the total numbers of cases
reported in the selected districts from each disease, and in Table 20 the morbidity-rates for
each disease for the last two years. No information is at present available as to the sexes
and ages of the patients in these districts.
In the Charts facing this page the numbers of cases of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet
and enteric fevers reported in each week in the Borough are shown in relation to the
averages for the preceding ten years.