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On sub-dividing the corrected deaths into the three
divisions of the Borough, it will he 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, 10.5, and highest in the Lewisham Division, 11.5, the
Sydenham and Forest Hill Division being 11.1. (See Table 9).
Carrying the sub-division a step further, the death rates
from all causes in the individual Wards show Blackheath to
have suffered the highest mortality (15.5) ; on the other hand
South claims the lowest mortality for the year with 8.7 per
1,000. (See Table 9).
Age in relation to Deaths.—A division of the registered
deaths at various age periods is arranged in Table 3. This
Table shows a decrease of deaths among children under one,
due chiefly to the considerable diminution in infantile diarrhoea.
(See Table 6). The percentage deaths at this age period,
compared with total deaths amounted to 18.58, compared with
22.00 in 1906.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases are set out in Table 18. Of the 108 deaths from these
diseases, 80.6 per cent. occurred among children under live years
of age. The distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities
appears in Table 16.