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The districts having the highest death rates in London
were Bermondsey 18.8, Finsbury 18.6, City of London 17.7, Shoreditch
17.4, Bethnal Green 17.1, Holborn 16.4, and Stepney
16.4. (See Table 12)
The death rate for Lewisham, 11.0 per 1,000 for the
year 1908, shows a decrease of 0.5 over the previous year, and
it is satisfactory to note this is the lowest rate recorded
during any period for which statistics are available.
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, 10.2, and highest in the Lewisham Division, 11.2, 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 Brockley to
have suffered the highest mortality (12.5); on the other hand
South claims the lowest mortality for the year with 10.1 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 slight decrease of deaths among children
under one.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases is set out in Table 18. Of the 181 deaths from these
diseases, 79.6 per cent. occurred among children under live years
of age. The distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities
appears in Table 16.