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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The corrected number of deaths, after adding the deaths of
persons belonging to the Borough, and subtracting those of
persons dying in the Borough and not belonging thereto, was
3,555, 1,719 of males, and 1,836 of females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.83, compared
with 10.36 in 1920.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was
12.4 per 1,000, compared with 12.4 in 1920.
Table IX. shows the total number of deaths and the deathrates
for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, corrected
and uncorrected for deaths in Public Institutions.

The death-rate in England and Wales in 1921 was 12.1 per
1,000; in the 96 great Towns 12.3; and in the 148 smaller
Towns 11.3.
The rates in all the sub-districts were very slightly higher
than in 1920.