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DEATHS.
DEATHS.
There were registered within the Borough, during 1903, 2,103 deaths (viz., 1,069 of males,
and 1,031 of females) giving a gross death-rate of 14.41 per 1,000 persons of all ages. In
1902 (53 weeks) 2,311 deaths were registered, and the gross death-rate* was 15*07. Last
year's rate was 1.26 below the rate for 1902 and 0.59 below that for 1901 (15.00). The
decennial mean (gross) rate was 16.59. (Sec Table I., Appendix).
Of infants under 1 year of age, 425 (474)† deaths were registered, the gross infantile
mortality being at the rate of 128 per 1,000 births registered, compared with a rate of 144
per 1,000 births in each of the years 1902 and 1901, and a mean rate of 154. The deaths
at other ages registered in the Borough are given below:—
Age No. of deaths.
Years. Persons.
1—5 220 (243)
5—15 77 (72)
15—25 79 (114)
25—65 794 (S36)
65 and over. 508 (572)
The principal causes of death within the Borough, during the year, were—
Infectious Diseases.
Measles 41 (79)
Scarlet Fever 1 (1)
Whooping Cough 55 (21)
Diphtheria and Membranous
Croup 6 (23)
Enteric Fever 7 (18)
Continued Fever 2 (0)
Influenza 26 (61)
Diarrhœa 43 (61)
Epidemic Enteritis 36 (28)
Puerperal Fever 3 (5)
Other Septic Diseases 26 (19)
Phthisis 159 (141)
Other Tubercular Diseases 74 (74)
Other Diseases or Causes.
Croup 0 (2)
Cancer 179 (149)
Bronchitis 160 (208)
Pneumonia 161 (208)
Other Respiratory Diseases 25 (25)
Alcoholism 28 (23)
Cirrhosis of Liver 23 (32)
Premature Birth 54 (75)
Accidents 94 (108)
Suicides 21 (17)
Included among the 2,103 deaths registered in the Borough were 366 deaths of nonresidents,
while 181 deaths of residents of the Borough were registered in other parts of the
Metropolis. By deducting the former and adding the latter, a corrected total of 1,918 deaths
of residents during the year is obtained. In all subsequent paragraphs the deaths of such
residents only will be considered, unless the contrary be definitely stated.
The 1,918 deaths of residents comprised 945 of males, and 973 of females, and were equal
to a rate of 13.14 per 1,000 persons, as compared with rates of 14.26 and 14.58 in 1901 and
1902 respectively. The death-rates of males and females were 15.12 and 11.66 per 1,000 of
each sex. (Table 12). Last year's rate was 2.69 per 1,000 below the decennial mean rate
(15.83) and the lowest on record. The highest rate for the eleven years 1893-1903 was that
of 1893 (17.42) which was 4.28 per 1,000 higher than last year's rate, the difference between
the two rates representing a saving of 624 lives during the one year.
* All rates for 1902 have been adjusted to a year of 52 weeks.
† The italic figures in parentheses are the corresponding returns for 1902, and are totals for 53 weeks.