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133 deaths of residents occurred in public institutions outside the
district, and this number has to be added.
The total number of deaths belonging to the district is 723
which corresponds to a death-rate of 13.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
It has been explained in previous reports that in order to compare
the death-rate of one district with that of another it is necessary
to make an allowance for the difference in age and sex constitution
of the various districts.
Females live longer than males, and a district containing a preponderance
of women would show a lower death-rate other things
being equal. But the most important factor is the age-constitution
of a population. The tendency to death is greatest among persons
living at the extremes of life, among infants and old people.
The ages at death last year were as follows:—
Under 1 year. 1 to 5. 51015. 151025. 251065. over65.
188 106 29 23 209 168
The Registrar General has published a table of "factors" for
all the large towns &c. by applying which to the "crude death-rate'
it becomes corrected for age and sex distribution, so that the
"corrected death-rate" gives the death-rate of any place, calculated
on the basis that the age and sex distribution in that place is the
same as that for the whole country. Thus all "corrected" deathrates,
being reduced to a common basis, may fairly be compared.
The "factor for correction" for Acton is 1.04240. If the "crude
death-rate," 13.1, be multiplied by this figure, the corrected deathrate
is 13.6.
The corrected death rate for the 76 large towns is 15.8 and for
the 142 smaller towns 14.7.
The death rate is .8 per 1,000 lower than that of 1907; there
was a diminution in the number of deaths in children under 1 year
of age, and in the age-periods 5 to 15, 15 to 25, and 25 to 65 years.
There was an increase in the age-periods 1-5 and over 65 years.
The increase in the number of deaths in children between the
ages of 1 and 5 years was mostly due to the out-break of Measles
which occurred in the Spring.