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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,766, but 1,148 of these did not belong
to the Borough, while 1,957 Borough residents died outside the
Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 4,575 of whom 2,205 were males
and 2,370 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 12.85, compared
with 10.58 in 1928.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1929 was 13.8
for England and Wales, 13.4 in the 107 County Boroughs and
great Towns 13.7, and in the 157 smaller Towns 12.3.

Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole
Borough, and shows the corrected number of deaths from each
cause divided into sexes, age groups and sub-districts, together
with those occurring in Institutions,