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6 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,159, but 1,030 of these did not belong to
the Borough, while 1,483 Borough residents died outside the
Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 3,612, of whom 1,709 were males
and 1,903 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.37, compared
with 10.32 in 1925.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1926 was 11.6,
for England and Wales 11.6, in the 105 County Boroughs and
great Towns 11.6, and in the 158 smaller Towns 10.6.

Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole
Borough, and shows the corrected number of deaths from each
cause divided into sexes, age groups and sub-districts, together
with those occurring in Institutions.