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London, were equivalent to a rate of only 137, the rate in
the inner Ring having been 187. The death-rate from the
principal diseases of the zymotic class in Inner London, was
8 per 1,000 ; in the Outer Ring 2.33; the rate in Greater
London, as a whole, being 2.66 per 1,000. The infantile
mortality in Greater London was 164 per 1,000 births, of
Inner London 167, of Outer London 154.
Other Large Towns.—The death-rate in the thirtythree
large towns, including London, and having a population
of 11,218,378, was 19 0 per 1,000; ranging from 13.9 in Croydon,
14.8 in Cardiff, and 15.4 in West Ham, to 22.6 in Sunderland,
22.7 in Salford, and 24.0 in Liverpool. The death-rates in
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin, were 19.7, 21.2, and 26.8 per
1,000 respectively. These death-rates are calculated without
correction for differences between one town and another in
regard to the age and sex-distribution of their respective popula—
tions. This explanation is necessary because, as the RegistrarGeneral
points out in his annual summary, " In consequence
of the great difference between one town and another, with
respect to age and sex-constitution of their several populations,
recorded death-rates require correction before they can be
justly used for purposes of comparison." The RegistrarGeneral,
as already stated, gives in his annual summary factors
by the use of which the necessary corrections can be made
with approximate accuracy for each town.
Colonial AND Foreign Cities.— The death-rate in
some of the principal foreign and colonial cities was as
follows—Indian Cities: Calcutta, 27.1 per 1,000; Madras,
44.9 ; and Bombay, 63.1. European Cities: Paris, 19.7 per
1,000; St. Petersburg, 25.8; Moscow, 30.0; Berlin, 17.3;
Vienna, 20.1; Rome, 17.9. American Cities : New York, 19.1
per 1,000; Boston, 20.1 ; Philadelphia, 19.2 ; San Francisco,
19.4; and New Orleans, 24.8.