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DEATHS AND DEATH.KATE.
The deaths of 2.332 persons—1,129 males and 1,203 females
—were registered in Fulham during the year, but of these 300—
166 males and 134 females—were of persons not residing in the
district, who died in public institutions within the borough; while
the deaths of 314 persons—174 males and 140 females—belonging
to Fulham occurred outside the district, chiefly in various public
institutions. There were, therefore, 2,346 deaths of persons
belonging to Fulham—1,137 males and 1,209 females—being in
the proportion of 15.4 deaths per 1,000 persons living, the rate
for males being 15.9 and for females 14.9. The death.rate is
higher than last year, when it was only 13.9, but with this
exception is the lowest recorded in Fulham.
The death.rate of the County of London in 1904 was 16.6,
the rates in the various boroughs ranging from 10.2 in Hamp.
stead, 12.0 in Lewisham and 13.3 in Stoke Newington, to 20.1 in
Southwark, 20.4 in Shoreditch and 21.3 in Finsbury.
The death.rate of England and Wales was 16.3, and that of
76 large towns 17.2.
Distribution of Deaths.
Table IV., which is prepared in accordance with the instructions
of the Local Government Hoard, gives the causes of, and the
ages at, death.
In table IV. will also be found the numbers and the causes
of the deaths in the several Wards of the Borough, and the
following table gives the death.rates of each Ward for 1904 and
the eight preceding years.