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It will be seen that the death-rate exceeds the
decennial average by 0.37 which is to be explained, as
will be shown later, by the exceptional conditions
affecting the public health during a part of this year.
The death-rate for London duriiig the same period was
20.3 as compared with 17.4 in 1889, the increase therefore
was common to London throughout.
The birth-rate has undergone a further fall and is
lower than in any year. There has been a continual
decrease in the birth-rate since 1884 in common with
that of the whole metropolis.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
In addition to the deaths in the above tables
there are others of inhabitants of the district
who have died in the various Hospitals and Asylums of
the Metropolis. There is on the other hand, very
probably a considerable number of inhabitants of other
districts who have died in this district and whose deaths
are included in our mortality tables. In the following
table however the deaths of inhabitants of the Wandsworth
District in Outlying Institutions are given with
the causes of death, sub-district from which they came,
and character of the institution in which they died.