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The mortality (persons) recorded in the Wards ranged from a minimum of 48 (in Lancaster
Gate, West) to a maximum of 146 (in Westbourne). Progressive decreases have to be noted in
the mortality rates recorded in Harrow Road, Lancaster Gate, West, and Hyde Park Wards.
The maximum mortality among males was that of Church Ward (164) and the minimum that
of Hyde Park (67), while among females the maximum was 117 (Queen's Park) and the
minimum zero (Lancaster Gate, West).
An examination of Table X., Appendix, shows that the prevalence of diarrhoea and of the
respiratory diseases was the main cause of the slight increase in the mortality rate for the
Borough as a whole. The deaths last year from the diarrhœal diseases numbered 66, as against
38 in 1912 and an annual average of 63 during the five years 1908-12. The principal
respiratory diseases (bronchitis and the pneumonias) caused 69 deaths in 1913, 56 in 1912, and
an average of 54 per annum during 1908-12. The greater part of the increase in numbers fell
upon the males.† This is also made clear from the mortality rates given on page 80. It will be
seen that in the case of males the increased mortality, when comparison is made with 1912, took
place at ages of one month and upwards, the reduction in the rate at ages under one month
being sufficiently large to cause a fall in the rate of 0-3 months. In comparison with the quinquennial
average the only age-groups with higher rates last year were those of 6-9 and 9-12
months. In the case of females the rates for all the age-groups, except the last (9-12 months).