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compiled in accordance with requirements of
Local Government Board.
Of the City deaths registered, 91 per cent,
were caused by injuries or violence, as
compared with 9.5 in 1896.
The death rate for 1897 was 19.3 per 1,000
per annum of the population (the previous
year being 17.8), whilst that for the whole of
the Metropolis for 1897 was 17.7. These
figures are not corrected for sex and age
distribution.
In comparing the above with the RegistrarGeneral's
returns, slight discrepancies will be
observed, due to the fact that I have not been
furnished with the number of citizens who died
in Institutions other than those with which
the City is connected.
The number of deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases was 41, or 1.35 per 1,000,
against 2.56 for the Metropolis.
The deaths of children under 1 year of age