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Bethnal Green, 18.9, Southwark, 18.1, and Holborn, l8.0. (See
Table 13).
The death rate for Lewisham, 12.0 per 1,000 for the
year 1906, shows a very slight increase over the previous year.
On sub-dividing the corrected deaths into the three
divisions of the Borough, it will be noted that the mortality
rate (i.e., the number of deaths per 1,000 persons estimated to
be living in each Division referred to), was lowest in the Lee
Division, 10.6, and highest in the Lewisham Division, 12.2, the
Sydenham and Forest Hill Division being 12.1. (See Table 5).
Carrying the sub-division a step further, the death rates
from all causes in the individual Wards show Lewisham Park
to have suffered the highest mortality (14.2); on the other hand
South claims the lowest mortality for the year with 9.3 per
1,000. (See Table 10).
Age in relation to Deaths.—A division of the registered
deaths at various age periods is arranged in Table 4. This
Table shows an increase of deaths among children under one,
chiefly due to Diarrhoeal diseases. (See Table 7). The
percentage deaths at this age period, compared with total deaths,
amounted to 22.00, compared with 19.99 in 1905. There was
also an increased mortality between the ages of 25 and 65.
The number of deaths recorded at this age period equalled
33.54 per cent. of the total, compared with 32.35 in the previous
year.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases are set out in Table 19. Of the 194 deaths from these
diseases, 91.8 per cent. occurred among children under five years
of age. The distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities
appears in Table 17.