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St. James Street and the Northern Wards have practically the same
rates as last year, while the other Wards have higher rates. The
difference in the Hoe Street Ward of 1-55 per 1,000 may be accounted
for by the population assuming more the character of its neighbours—
High Street, Wood Street and Northern Wards.
DEATHS AND DEATH-RATE,
WHOLE DISTRICT.
During the year 1,009 deaths were registered as occurring in this
district. Eight were of non-residents and eliminated in reckoning the
death-rate, while 117 deaths occurring at the Workhouse, 19 deaths
at the Small-Pox Hospital, Dagenham, 16 deaths at the Sanatorium, and
1 at Sheffield of a resident of this district, are added. The total
number of deaths belonging to this district was 1,154 (males, 610 ;
females, 544).
Four deaths were registered without a Coroner's or a Medical
Practitioner's Certificate of the cause of death.
That no death should be registered without a certificate stating the
cause by a doctor or the coroner is quite apparent to safeguard the
public interest. In fact, no certificate of death registration should
be issued without an inspection of the body post mortem. However
conscientious and able a Registrar may be, such power should not
be placed in his hands to dispense with a certificate.
The corrected general death-rate for the district is 11.38 per 1,000,
or 2.72 per 1,000 below the average (14.10) for the previous ten years,
and is the lowest recorded death-rate for the past 23 years.
The death-rate for England and Wales for 1902 was 16.3, or 5 per
1,000 above that of Walthamstow, and for the " 76 great towns," more
justly comparable to your district, the death-rate was 17.4, or 6 per
1,000 greater than that for Walthamstow.
One death was registered for every 87.8 persons of the population
compared with 1 in 75 for 1901.
ACCORDING TO WARDS.
The deaths registered during the year and death-rates for the Wards
were as follows. The birth-rates are also given as well as those for last
year:—