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Last year's rate was the highest since 1898 when the rate was 0.79, was 0.19 in
excess of the mean for the decennium (0.36) and more than twice the mean for the
quinquennium, 1897-1900 (0.25). (Table 23.) The mean rates for the Wards are not known,
those for the Registration Sub-Districts are set out below in comparison with the rates for last
year. The rates for the adjacent districts will be found in Tables 21 and 22.

All the deaths recorded last year in the Borough occurred at ages under 15 years, the
mortality per 1,000 persons at those ages being 0.31. The mortality rates calculated on the
estimated numbers living at ages 0-15 years in the adjacent Districts were:—
Kensington 2.26 Hampstead 0.50
Westminster 1.16 Willesden 1.60
Marylebone 3.42 London 1.68
WHOOPING COUGH.
Nothing is known of this disease except the numbers of deaths, 22 during the past year.
The mortality was at the rate of 0.14 per 1,000 persons of all ages, as compared with a mean
rate of 0.36 in the preceding decennium. (Table 23.) The rates last year in the Registration
Sub-Districts were, St. Mary, 0.18, St. John, nil, and North-West Paddington, 0.22, all being
well below the means. The ages at death will be found in Table IV. Appendix, and the
numbers of deaths in the Wards, in Table V. Appendix.
The local rate was higher than the rates for Kensington (0*11) and Hampstead (0.12), but
below the other rates given in Table 21, and was below all the rates for the districts
mentioned in Table 22.
TUBERCULAR DISEASES.
Phthisis or Consumption.—The deaths from this disease numbered 153 last year (89 of males
and 64 of females), being 2 more than in 1901. The numbers of deaths at various ages (males
and females) will be found in Table IV. Appendix, and the numbers of deaths, at all ages,
persons, in the Wards in Table V. Appendix. The mortality last year was 1.03 per 1,000
persons of all ages, as compared with a mean rate of 1.22 for the preceding decennium.
The local rate was below all the rates given in Table 21, except that of Hampstead (0'84).
The mortalities in the Registration Sub-Districts during last year are contrasted with the
various mean rates below—