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NOTES TO TABLE III.
(а) All " Transferable Deaths " of residents, i.e., of persons
resident in the District who have died outside it,
have been included with the other deaths in
columns 2.10. Transferable deaths of non-residents,
i.e., of persons resident elsewhere in England and
Wales who have died in the District, have been
excluded from these columns. For the precise
meaning of the term "transferable deaths" see
footnote to Table I.
(b) All deaths occurring in institutions for the sick and
infirm situated within the district, whether of residents
or of non-residents, have been entered in the last
column of Table III.
(c) All deaths certified by registered Medical Practitioners
and all Inquest cases have been classed as
"Certified" ; all other deaths would be regarded as
"Uncertified."
(d) This heading includes all deaths from croup except
those certified as due to "spasmodic," "stridulous,"
''catarrhal," or " false " croup.
(e) Under "Tuberculous Meningitis" have been included
deaths from Acute Hydrocephalus.
(f) Under "Cancer" have been included deaths under
such headings as Carcinoma, Scirrhus, Epithelioma,
Rodent ulcer, Sarcoma, Cancer, and Malignant
Disease.