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To compare these death rates with those of the whole of the
Metropolis cannot be a fair criterion, as the class of inhabitants in
the various Metropolitan Sanitary areas varies; but the death rates, as
given above, ought to be compared with those of districts the
inhabitants of which belong mainly to the same class and have the
same surroundings, such as Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel,
St. George-in-the-East, Limehouse, Mile End Old Town.
In the above rates it will be seen that the death rate of Bromley has
been as low as 15.6 per 1000 living, and that of Poplar as high as
27.4 per 1000 living; this high rate occurred in the year 1890,
singular to say, after the severe floodings of 1889 and 1890. To
analyse the cause of the variation in the death rates of past years
would take a longer time than could possibly be given in this report
as there are so many factors to be considered; but it is well to