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" The lowest rates in these cities were 20'3 in Christiania; 22 9 in
Geneva; 23 1 in the Hague; and 24'2 in Rotterdam; whereas the
rates ranged upwards to 36"0 in Trieste, 37'3 in Buda-Pesth, 401 in
Madrid, and 46-1 in St. Petersburg.
" The rate in Paris was equal to 29 0 per 1000, the deaths included
2266 from small-pox, 2130 from diphtheria and croup, and 2105 from
typhoid fever. The death-rate from 'fever' in Paris in 1880, was
nearly four times as great as in London; and that from small-pox and
diphtheria more than eight times as great.
"In St. Petersburg, however, the death-rate from 'fever' was nearly
five times as great as it was in Paris.
" Small-pox was more or less fatally prevalent in Vienna, BudaPesth,
Triste, Rome, and Venice.
" In Berlin, the third largest European city, the death-rate was
equal to 29'9 per 1003; this high rate was in great measure due to
diphtheria and summer diarrhœal diseases.
" The death-rate in four of the largest American cities averaged
23-6."