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In 1862, the previous ten years showed
that of every 100 deaths in the City, 14.5, or
about 1 in every 7 only, were paupers who died
in City Workhouses.
Deaths from Violence.
Of the City deaths, 6.56 per cent. were caused
by injuries or violence (as compared with 7.02 in
1898), being 1.96 below the average for the
previous five years.
The percentage of registered deaths from
violence in the Metropolis appears to have been
fairly constant during the above period, but an
examination of the Returns for a number of
years shows that there is a tendency for the
proportion to increase: thus in 1882 it was
0.7 per cent. lower than in 1899.
In the City of London, however, the contrary
obtains, and the ratio of deaths from violence to
deaths from all causes has, since 1894 at any
rate, regularly diminished, thus, in 1894 it was
10.5, and in 1899 6.56; a drop of nearly four
per cent. (3.94).