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1899]
Towns. Populations. Death-rates.
Bournemouth 67,771 10.5
Reading 70,888 14.5
Hornsey 66,057 10.6
Northampton 69,743 14.1
Ipswich 63,821 18.8
Devonport 61,459 19.3
West Bromwich 62,296 19.6
Grimsby 64,404 17.6
Wigan 61,359 23.4
Warrington 66,372 19.5
South-east Islington 68,172 19.3
Highbury 68,234 16.0
Additional particulars will be found in Tables XV. and XVI.
page 35.
Highbury.
The returns show an increase of 80 on the corrected average
of the preceding eight years. The number of deaths registered was
1,093, which represent a death-rate of 16.01 per 1,000. The latter
is 1.16 above the mean rate experienced during the year 1891-98,
and is the highest, with one exception (1893), in this period.
It will be noticed that its death-rate compares favourably with
the rates experienced in many of the Large Towns which have been
given above, only Bournemouth, Reading, Hornsey, and Northampton,
showing lesser returns.
In London, St. George Hanover Square, Hampstead, Stoke
Newington, St. Martin, Wandsworth, and Lee, alone show such
good health as Highbury, their death-rates being respectively, 14.2,
11.6, 12.7, 15.9, 15.3, and 15.1 per 1,000.
Additional particulars are given in Tables XV. and XVI. on
page 35.