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6. The Birth rates of St. Mary's, St. Margaret's, Central,
and Eltham Wards were higher than in 1901, and the birth
rates of St. George's, Burrage. Glyndon, and St. Nicholas
were lower.
The highest birth rates were in the River Ward North, and
St. Margaret's, and the lowest in St. Mary's, Burrage and
Eltham.

8. Deaths.—Table 1 gives the gross and nett deaths and
death rates in 1902, and each of the past ten years, and shows
also how the nett deaths are arrived at. All death rates
mentioned in this report are nett death rates, to the extent
that they are corrected for public institutions. Deaths by
accident in the street, and by drowning in the river, registered
in the Borough, have however been all credited to the Borough,
even though they were known to have belonged to other
districts. There were ten such deaths in 1902, most of them
being registered in the River and St. Nicholas Wards. A few
other deaths of Tramps passing through the Borough, dying in
the Workhouse Infirmary, have also been credited to the
Borough when they could not be definitely said to belong to
other sanitary areas. But these are too few to affect the death
rates.
The year in question consists of the 53 weeks from
28th December, 1901, to 3rd January, 1903, but in order to
make all birth and death rates comparable with years of 52
weeks, they have been multiplied by the fraction 52/53.