London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hendon 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE.
Number of deaths registered 531
Number of deaths of non-parishioners 133
— 398
Number of deaths of parishioners registered
in other districts 66
Net number of deaths belonging to district 464
Gross death-rate 11.74 per 1,000
Recorded death-rate 10.44 per 1,000
Corrected death-rate 11.03 per 1,000
Death-rate, England and Wales 13.4 per 1,000
Of the 597 deaths registered for the year, 464 were of
parishioners, 66 of which number died in hospitals or in
institutions in outside districts.
In Table III. these deaths a.re classified in districts and
under the various causes of death. The 133 deaths of nonparishioners
occurred in the Workhouse or Central London
Sick Asylum, and these have been transferred to the several
districts to which they belong.
Last year the deaths of Parishioners numbered 358.
Gross Death-Rate. 11.74 per 1,000. This rate is derived
by taking all the deaths registered in the district, whether
residents or non-residents, per 1,000 of the gross population.
The number of deaths registered is 531, and the gross
population 45,194 persons.
Last year this rate was 10.14.
Recorded Death-Rate 10.44 per 1,000. This Rate represents
the actual number of deaths per 1,000 of residents belonging
exclusively to Hendon, who died within or outside
the district