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Health of the District.
The number of notifications of infectious maladies,
the total deaths and the death rates compare very favourably
with former years. For example the mortality from
zymotic diseases is about a third less than the average of
the five years ending 1900, and the fatality from chest
complaints one-and-a-half per 1,000 less than for the
same period
Alteration of Boundaries.
The boundaries of the Borough by the operation of the
Local Government Act are slightly altered, and there is a
corresponding change in the population. The chief alterationsare
in the Registration District of St. John's Wood,
and in All Souls. It will be seen from the annexed details
that 176 houses are received from Hampstead and 94 are
given up, leaving a balance in favour of St. Marylebone of
82. It is a reasonable assumption that the 82 households
represent 400 persons; that number has therefore been
added to the population (estimated) of the St. John's
Wood District. On the other hand, in the SE. part of the
Borough the alteration of the boundaries leaves the number
of houses within eight of the old number. No correction
for these eight houses has been made. The census will
this year be taken, so that errors of estimation can then be
adjusted.