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NOTES TO TABLE III.
The classification and numbering of Causes of Death are those of the " Short
List" on page xxv. of the manual of the International List of Causes of Death.
(a) 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 or Wales who have died
in the district, have been in like manner 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 being regarded as " Uncertified."
(d) Exclusive of " Tuberculous Meningitis " (10), but inclusive
of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
(e) Title 19 has been used for deaths from Diarrhoea and
Enteritis at all ages. (In the " Short List" deaths from
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years are included under
19 ; those at 2 years and over being placed under
Title 29.)