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Cardiff 42.4; and the lowest those of Bradford 29.2, and
Halifax and Huddersfield each 29.5.
From the same table it will be seen that the total
number of deaths under one year during the 53 weeks was
259, or considerably lower than the lowest number recorded
in any previous year. The percentage of these deaths to
the registered births was 13.40, being decidedly less than
in either of the two preceding years, and the percentage of
these deaths to the total deaths (uncorrected) was 13.83,
or decidedly less than in either of the preceding 10 years.
The mortality of children under 1 year was, therefore, 134
to 1,000 births, while in London it was 155; and the
average for the 28 largest English towns was 168, the
highest being Nottingham 196, Preston 222, and Leicester
226 deaths of children under 1 year of age per thousand
births. The only one of the 28 largest towns which had a
smaller number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age to
a thousand births was Portsmouth, which had only 128;
whereas in 1883 twelve of these towns had lower numbers
than this Parish.