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But if we take 1876 instead of 1877, for comparison
with 1878, the results are still more favourable to this
Parish, for, whereas the death-rate in London generally
was 1.2 per thousand higher in 1878 than in 1876, in this
Parish it was slightly lower in 1878 than in 1876.
That all these are very low rates may be seen from the
Registrar-General's calculation, that, according to the density
of the population in London, "the mortality should be 35.2
per 1,000, were not special systems of drainage and cleanliness
in use in London by which the mortality in the years
1874-8 is reduced to 22.8."
The death-rate in Greater London was 22.3 per 1,000
per annum in 1878, as against 20.7 in 1877, and 21.3 in
1876: these rates closely correspond with those for London
proper.
In 1877, one of the large towns of the United Kingdom,
viz., Portsmouth, had a lower death-rate than this Parish,
and Brighton came very near to it; but for 1878, the deathrate
of Portsmouth, although still lower than that of any
other large town, was 19 per thousand, while that of
Brighton was 21.2, as against 18.17, the rate for this
Parish.
Dublin, with a rate of 29.6, and Liverpool with 29.4,
afforded the highest death-rates among the large towns;
Manchester, which has had a higher death-rate than any
other large English town during each of the past three years,
having been one of the few towns the death-rate of which
increased only slightly in 1878, while that of Liverpool
increased from 26.5 in 1877 to 29.4 in 1878.
Among Foreign towns the lowest death-rates recorded
are those of Philadelphia, U.S., 18, and Christiania 18.5 per
thousand per annum; and the highest, Madras, 48, and
St. Petersburg 47.1 per thousand per annum.