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Of the transferable deaths, 19 were "outward" and 58
were "inward" Transfers, the large majority of the latter
being the deaths of those persons who died in the Bromley
Union Infirmary, which is at Locksbottom, just outside the
boundary of the Borough.
We have thus a total of 342 deaths, of which 164 were
males and 178 were females, which is equal to a recorded
death-rate of 10.1 per 1,000.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 14.6. The
rate for the Outer Ring of London was 11.8.
The effect of the new Rule, with regard to Transferable
Deaths, will be that death-rates throughout the Country will
appear to be raised. In the past, the M.O.H.'s have been in
the habit of excluding the deaths of non-residents in their calculations,
without including the deaths of those residents
occurring outside their districts, of which they had no official
notification.
The average death-rate of the five years, 1906-1910 inclusive,
corrected from the figures of the 1911 Census, was 9.8
per 1,000.
These rates compare very favourably with those of most
of the residential districts round London.
INFANT MORTALITY RATE.
The proportion of deaths under 1 year of age to registered
births was 74 per 1,000, compared with 130 per 1,000 for England
and Wales, and 115 for the Outer Ring of London.