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years 1885-93, 0.35 per 1,000. Last year's total
is equivalent to an increase of 120.6 per cent, above
the average for the ten years, which means that
for every 5 deaths recorded during that period, 11
deaths were recorded in 1894. The percentage
increases for last year, as compared with the annual
averages for the two five-year periods included in
the decennium, were 151.3 for the first, and 116.9
for the second. These figures may be expressed in
a simpler form by saying that for every 2 deaths
recorded during 1884-88, 5 deaths occurred in 1894,
and for every 6 during the years 1889-93, 13 in
1894. Previous to 1894, the highest number recorded
in any year since 1884 was 75, in 1888, the
total (69) for 1893 being the next.
From the St. Mary's District 83 deaths were
recorded, equal to 0.93 per 1,000 of the estimated
population of the District, and from that of St.
John, 9 deaths, equal to a rate of 0.27. The number
of deaths registered in each quarter of the year
will be found in Table 15.
The death-rates among males of all ages were in
Paddington 0.69, in St. Mary's 0.80, and in St.
John's 0.34 per 1,000 of the estimated population
(male) of each area. The corresponding figures for
females, based on the estimated numbers living in
each area, were 0.79, 1.03, and 0.23 respectively.
The difference of incidence quâ
sex in the two SubDistricts is remarkable.