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CORRECTED DEATH RATE.
I have again been supplied by the County Medical Officer with
the names of the inhabitants of Brentford who have died outside the
district, but I am unable to allot them to the several districts as the
addresses are not always given. It is likewise impossible to say
which came from New Brentford and which from Old Brentford.
The total number is 67, who died in the various institutions given
below as against 75 last year. These when added to the 174 deaths
which occurred in the town give a total of 241, which, presuming that
all the deaths which were registered in Brentford were inhabitants,
is a correct account of the total number of deaths which Brentford
suffered during the year, and gives a total death rate of 14.9 per
thousand. The first correct return was made in 1905 when it was
17.6, in 1906 it was 17, and in 1907 it was 19.2 per thousand.
Brentford Workhouse Infirmary 42
Middlesex County Asylum 9
West London Hospital 8
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1
St. Thomas's Hospital 1
Lying-in Hospital 1
Fulham Infirmary 1
Butchers' Almshouses 2
River Thames 1
Hammersmith Baths 1
14 of these deaths were due to senile decay, 6 to tubercular disease,
and 13 to diseases of the lungs.
INQUESTS.
19 inquests have been held, being 3 more than last year.
Death resulted from drowning in 5 cases, suffocation in bed 4,
heart disease 4, accidents 2, bleeding 1, pleurisy 1, asphyxia 1, and
syncope 1.
The following epitomises the ages at which death occurred.
Deaths under 1 year
56
73 deaths under 5 years
,, from 1 to under 5 years
17
,, ,, 1 5 ,, 5 ,, 15 ,,
6
101 deaths over 5 years
,, ,, 15 ,, 25 ,,
5
,, ,, 25 ,, 65 ,,
59
,, over 65 years
31
8 of these deaths occurred in persons over 80 and 1 was over
90 years.
The next table shows the distribution of the mortality of the
three districts of the town during the last ten years.