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a low general death rate, and when this is not the case, it is owing
to some abnormal influence affecting unduly the health of one or
other age group of the population.
The birth rates for the preceding 10 years will be found in
Col. 4 of Table I, page 49.

DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year were 868. Of these, 41
occurring in the Strand Union Workhouse and 207 among nonresidents
of the district at the Edmonton Union Workhouse, are
excluded, while 56 deaths of Edmonton residents taking place in the
Edmonton Workhouse are included in our total deaths. An
arrangement exists with Somerset House and with the District
Registrars of Tottenham and Enfield, whereby the deaths of all
residents of Edmonton occurring in London, Tottenham and Enfield
are returned to me for inclusion in our statistics; 108 deaths were
returned in this way during the year, making the nett total of deaths
at all ages for the district proper, 728.
The recorded death rate is therefore 13.3.
Corrected Death Rate. When the factor for correction is
applied to the recorded death rate, we get the figure that would
represent the death rate in Edmonton if its inhabitants were
distributed in the same proportion as regards age and sex as are
the inhabitants of the country generally. This factor for Edmonton
is 1.01785 and the corrected death rate is therefore (13.3 x 1.01785)
= 13.5.