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APPENDIX A.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Explanatory Notes.
Table I.— This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the District, and
each ward, and the births and deaths properly belonging to them with the corresponding rates. The
rates are calculated per 1,000 of the estimated gross population.
In Column 6 are included the whole of the deaths registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district, but excluding the deaths of soldiers and sailors.
In Column 12 is entered the number in Column 6, corrected by subtraction of the number in
Column 8 and by addition of the number in Column 9.
In Column 10 the deaths are similarly corrected by subtraction of the deaths under 1 year,
included in the number given in Column 8, and by addition of the deaths under 1 year, included in
the number given in Column 9.
Column 4.—This number has been obtained by adding to the number shewn in Column 3
the number of births belonging to the district but occurring outside and subtracting the number
occurring in the district but belonging to other districts.
Column 8.—This number is the number of deaths excluded from the returns of the local
Registrar as transferable deaths defined below.
Column 9.—This number is the number of deaths transferred to the district by the RegistrarGeneral.
"Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual residence in
England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided. The deaths of persons
without fixed or usual residence, e.g., casuals, are not included in Columns 8 or 9, except in certain
instances under 3 (b) below.
The following special cases arise as to Transferable Deaths :—
(1) Persons dying in Institutions for the sick or infirm ; such as hospitals, lunatic asylums,
workhouses, and nursing homes (but not almshouses) must be regarded as residents of the district
in which they had a fixed or usual residence at the time of admission. If the person dying in an
Institution had no fixed residence at the time of admission, the death is not transferable. If the
patient has been directly transferred from one such institution to another, the death is transferable
to the district of residence at the time of admission to the first Institution.
(2) The deaths of infants born and dying within a year of birth in an Institution to which
the mother was admitted for her confinement should be referred to the district of fixed or usual
residence of the parent.
(3) Deaths from Violence are to be referred (a) to the district of residence, under the general
rule; (b) if this district is unknown, or the deceased had no fixed abode, to the district where the
accident occurred, if known; (c) failing this, to the district where death occurred, if known; and
(d) failing this, to the district where the body was found.
Table II.—The classification of Causes of Death are those of the Detailed International List
of Causes of Death as adapted for use in England and Wales.
All "Transferable Deaths" of residents, i.e., of persons resident in the District who have
died outside it, are included, and all transferable deaths of non-residents, i.e., persons
resident in England and Wales who have died in the District excluded.
All deaths occurring in Institutions for the sick and infirm situated within the district,
whether of residents or non-residents, are entered in the last column of this Table.
All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest cases are classed
as " Certified "; all other deaths are regarded as " Uncertified."