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Although the above Table by itself is but imperfect
evidence, yet attention may be drawn to the third
column, in which the figures for the District of St.
Mary have been reduced to values based on a standard
figure of 100 for the District of St. John. Thus it
appears that if the overcrowding in the St. John's
District be set down as 100, the amount existing in
the District of St. Mary must be stated at 297.1.
The sickness-rates in St. Mary's District, on the same
standard, were 203.3 at ages under 5 (both sexes
combined), and 165 at ages above 5 years.
For the purpose of comparing the returns for 1894
with those of 1890-93, it was thought preferable to
use the figures contained in the Annual Reports of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, as they have (presumably)
been kept on the same plan from the beginning.
It must, however, be remarked, that although the
totals in the Asylums Board's Reports do not agree
with those contained in Dr. Stevenson's Reports for
3 890-92, nor with those compiled from the Register
for 1894, the differences may be neglected, so long as
no comparison is made between the two sets of
statistics. The figures for the five years, together with
those for the Metropolis, are set oul in Table 10.