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The death-rate population (41,945) excludes all non-civilian
males whether serving at home or abroad ; whilst the birth-rate
(and marriage-rate) population (43,445) includes all the elements
of the population contributing to the birth and marriage rates and
may be represented by:—
Death-rate population plus this district's proportional
share of all non-civilians enlisted from this country.
Deaths
The number of deaths registered in the district was 913, but
498 of these did not belong to the district, while 43 residents died
without the district. Thus the number of deaths properly
attributable to the district was 458. Adopting the basis of the
population estimated by the Registrar-General, the death-rate for
the district comes to 10-91 per 1,000, which is comparable with
the following figures:—12.4 for England and 12 4 for London.
The causes of death show substantial reductions in the cases
of Influenza, Organic Heart Disease and Bronchitis, but Cancer,
Rheumatic Fever and Pneumonia, figure more frequently than in
the previous report, whilst deaths from Tuberculosis are the same
as in 1919.
As it is not possible to calculate the population in each Ward
with any reasonable degree of accuracy, I am unable to furnish
the death-rate for each separate Ward, but a fairly reliable index
to the comparative mortality of the Wards may be found in the
Infant death-rates given on page 9.
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 1,169
but 125 of these did not belong to this district, while 30 births
properly belonging to this district occurred outside the district.
The nett number of births thus attributable to the district is 1,074.
Adopting the population basis suggested by the Registrar-General
for the calculation of the birth-rate, this comes to 24 7 per 1,000.
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 25 4 per 1,000 and for
London, 26 5 per 1000.