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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1953
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,659 but 222 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 1,482 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,919 of whom 2,216 were males and 2,703
females.
The increase in the number of deaths is very largely accounted
for by alterations in the allocation of deaths as set out in the Registrar
General's memorandum enclosed with his Circular G.R.O. (M.O.H.)
No. 4/1952.
The new procedure aims at assigning deaths to the area of the
usual residence of the deceased and, as a result, deaths occurring in
certain types of hospitals and institutions in the Borough, which, by
reason of the patients' original addresses were formerly transferred
to other authorities, are now deemed to be not transferable.
The crude death-rate for the year was 14.86, compared with
12.36 for 1952, but after taking into account the area comparability
factor supplied by the Registrar General, the adjusted rate works
out at 12.98. This compares with 12.5 for the whole of London and
11.4 for England and Wales.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the
death-rates for each division and for the whole Borough.