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Brighton 18.0
Bristol 8.4
Derby 8.4
Portsmouth 19.4
Birkenhead 19.6
Huddersfield 19.6
Bradford 20.1
London 20.3
The average death-rate of the 28 large English towns
was 21.6, or 5.3 per thousand higher than the death-rate of
this Parish.
The highest death-rates among the large towns in
England were those of Preston with 27.3, Manchester with
26'4, and Liverpool with 25.2.
The average death-rate of 50 large town districts in
England was 20.3, or exactly the same as that of London.
Of these town districts only 5 had a lower death-rate than
this Parish, viz.:—
Barrow-in-Furness 12.5
Burton-on-Trent 15.1
Darlington 15.7
Hastings 15.9
Maidstone 16.2
The highest death-rate of these town districts was that
of Wigan, which was 26.1.
The death-rate of Glasgow was 26.9, being decidedly
lower than in 1883, when it was 28.2, but still higher than
it was in 1882, viz., 25.4. That of Dublin was also lower
than in 1883, being 27.5, as against 29.2 in that year.
Our death-rate compares even more favourably than in
1883 with the death-rates of foreign cities; the lowest