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The districts having the highest death rates in London
were Shoreditch, 19.7, Finsbury, 19.0, Bermondsey, 18.7, and
Bethnal Green, 18.6. (See Tables 12 and 13).
The death rate for Lewisham, 11.7 per 1,000 for the
year 1905, shows a slight decrease over the previous year.
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, 9.5, and highest in the Lewisham Division, 12.2, the
Sydenham and Forest Hill Division being 11.7. (See Table 7).
Carrying the sub-division a step further, the death rates
from all causes in the individual Wards show Blackheath and
Lewisham Village to have suffered the highest mortality (14.6);
on the other hand Manor and Brockley claim the lowest mortality
for the year with 8.9 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 4. This
Table shows that, compared with previous years, there was a
marked diminution of deaths among children under one. The
percentage deaths at this age period, compared with total deaths,
amounted to 19.99, compared with 26.21 in 1904. In the period
from 25 to 65 years, however, there was an increased percentage.
The number of deaths recorded at this age period equalled 32.35
per cent of the total, compared with 27.99 in the previous year.
The relation of age periods to mortality from zymotic
diseases are set out in Table 18. Of the 120 deaths from these
diseases, 84.2 per cent. occurred among children under five years
of age. The distribution of zymotic deaths in ward localities
appears in Table 16.