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mortality of any other local area, the crude death rate of which
should be similarly modified with its own factor for the purpose.
This figure for correcting the death rate has been provided as
it is found that the age and sex constitution of the borough differs
slightly from the general population of the country. On applying
this comparability factor (0.96), the adjusted death rate of the
borough is 11.1 per thousand population.
The principal causes of death in their order of severity were :
Heart Disease, 145 ; Cancer, 84 ; Tuberculosis (all forms) 42 ; and
Pneumonia (all forms), 31.
The average yearly death rate of the borough during the
previous four years was 11.8 per 1,000 population, so that the death
rate for 1934 is seen to be slightly below this average.
Comparing this table with the corresponding table of the
preceding year, the following facts are noteworthy : There has
been a decrease in the number of deaths from Heart Disease and
Pneumonia, the Tuberculosis deaths have increased by 9 and
the Cancer deaths have slightly decreased.
The following table shows the death rates for England and
Wales, London and Stoke Newington for the last four years :—