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90
is high when compared with the total deaths, it is low when
compared with the population living; thus in this Parish
the 582 deaths are equivalent to 65 per 1,000 persons
living, while in London generally there are 71 such deaths
to every 1,000 persons living. In no one of the 20 large
English towns is the mortality of persons of 60 years of
age and upwards per 1,000 persons living as low as in this
Parish, the nearest being Nottingham and Leicester, with
66, the highest Manchester, with nearly 97, and the average
for the 20 towns between 74 and 75.
The percentage of Violent Deaths was higher than
previously recorded in any year except 1876, and, as usual,
considerably higher than in London generally.
The number of Inquest Cases, 129, was also higher
than in any year except 1876; and the percentage of these
cases to the total deaths, viz., 6.7, was a trifle under that
for 1880, and under that for London generally.
The uncertified deaths, mentioned for the first time in
my Annual Report, were 31, or 16 per cent, of the deaths,
while in London generally they were only 1.3 per cent, of
the total deaths.
Table IV. shows that, as usual, Hanover Square SubDistrict
has the lowest birth-rate, and Mayfair the lowest
death-rate, while Belgravia has the highest birth-rate and
the highest death-rate of the 3 Sub-Districts.