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almost entirely of people of middle age Thus, in the country as a
whole, taking the mean annual death-rate of persons of all ages and
both sexes at 21.4 per 1,000, that of children under five is 63.1 per
1,000 of such persons, of those between 25 and 35 it is 8'9 per 1,000
of such persons, and of those over 75 it is 161.6 per 1,000 of such
persons. So with regard to sex the rates per 1,000 are: —
Males. Females.
Under 5 years of age 68.1 58.l
10 to 15 „ 3.7 3.7
25 „ 35 „ 9.3 8.6
35 „ 45 „ 13.7 11.6
45 „ 55 „ 20.0 15.6
Over 75 „ 169.1 155.8
It will thus be seen that the death-rates of different districts
cannot be compared with one another or with the country at large,
unless they are reduced to a common standard. There is, therefore,
calculated by the Registrar General from the Government Census
returns, a corrective factor for each district in the County of London,
according to the sex and age distribution of the population of that
district; the multiplication of the recorded death-rate of the district
by this factor gives the death-rate which would obtain in that
district if the sex and age distribution of the population of the
district were in the same proportions as it is in the country as a
whole ; thus eliminating the accidental differences due to sex and
age and affording a fair means of comparison, and a truer test of the
healthiness of the district. The death-rate so ascertained is known
as the corrected death-rate.
The so-called "factor for correction" for the Parish of Stoke
Newington is 1.07283, and the death-rate corrected for age and sex distribution
is 75.0 per 1,000 per annum.
In arriving at this corrected death-rate, the deaths (29) of
non-parishioners who have died in Public Institutions within the
Parish have, of course, been excluded.