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deaths.
Last year's total (2,210) comprised 1,038 (1,120)* deaths of males, and 1,172 (1,108) of
females. The ages at death and the principal causes thereof are sufficiently indicated
below:—
Ages, No. of deaths. Ages, No. of deaths.
Years. Persons. Years. Persons.
0— 441 (490) 15— 96 (86)
1— 227 (189) 25— 797 (839)
5— 84 (78) 65— 565 (546)
Infantile mortality, 139 (148).
Infectious Diseases. No. of deaths. Persons.
Measles 63 (38)
Scarlet Fever — (—)
Whooping Cough 51 (15)
Diphtheria and Membranous
Croup 1 (9)
"Fever" 6 (13)
Epidemic Influenza 40 (46)
Diarrhœal Diseases 94 (153)
Puerperal Fever 1 (8)
Other Septic Diseases 26 (12)
Phthisis 128 (1.59)
Other Tubercular Diseases 82 (81)
Other Diseases and Causes. No. of deaths. Persons.
Croup 2 (1)
Cancer 163 (176)
Bronchitis 196 (192)
"Pneumonia" 188 (133)
Other Respiratory Diseases 26 (17)
Alcoholism 15 (19)
Cirrhosis of Liver 36 (27)
Premature Birth 58 (60)
Accidents and Diseases of
Parturition 9 (9)
Accidents 97 (105)
Suicides 19 (21)
Institutions.—Of the 2,210 deaths, 806 (780)—equivalent to 36.4 (35.0) per cent.—
occurred in the local Public Institutions, viz.:—Workhouse 91 (66), Infirmary 233 (261),
Lock Hospital 4 (1), Children's Hospital 91 (92), and St. Mary's Hospital 387 (360). The
causes of death and other particulars are given in Tables III. and IIIa., Appendix.
The deaths registered within the Borough included 410 (387) of non-residents, and
161 (173) deaths of residents were reported from other parts of the Metropolis and the
provinces. By excluding the former deaths and including the latter, a nett total of 1,961 is
obtained, being 53 fewer than the total for 1904 and 43 more than that for 1903. The
annual average for 1895-04 is 2,192, 231 in excess of last year's total. If the average be
corrected for increase in the population, it becomes 2,262—301 in excess. The nett totals
for each of the past ten years for the Borough and the three Registration Sub-Districts will
be found in Table II., Appendix.
The corrected numbers of the deaths recorded in each quarter of the last five years, with
the corresponding mortality rates, are given below. The rate for the second quarter of last
year is the highest of the series for the quarter, due to the prevalence of measles and
whooping-cough, and that for the third quarter the lowest. The rates for the first and fourth
quarters of the year compare favourably with the others:—
Quarters.
Deaths. Rates.
1905. 1904. 1903.1902.1901. 1905. 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901.
'First 533 599 522 736 631 14.47 16.41 14.35 20.35 17.56
Second 496 393 455 476 445 13.46 10.76 12.51 13.16 12.38
Third 394 486 442 418 469 10.69 13.31 12.15 11.56 13.05
Fourth 538 536 499 522 512 14.61 14.68 13.72 13.40 14.24
Last year's nett death-rate was 13.27 per 1,000 persons, as compared with rates of 13.71
in 1904 and 13.14 in 1903. The decennial mean rate (15.29) is 2.02 in excess of last year's
rate. (See also below.)
Death-Rates—All Causes.
Per 1,000 persons.
Mean Rates.
1905.
1895-99.
1900-04.
1895-04.
Borough
13.27
16.19
14.39
15.29
St. Mary
14.33
17.98
15.79
16.89
St. John
10.27
11.01
10.14
10.58
North-West Paddington
13.23
16.97
15.37
16.17
* Figures for 1904 indicated thus:—(1120).