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Table III shows that the number of deaths of persons
aged 60 years and upwards was 604, or no less than 47
more than in 1880. This number was equivalent to 31.9
per cent.of the total deaths, a higher per-centage than any
previously recorded. The per-centage for London was
23.4, or 5¼ per cent. less than that for this Parish. If,
however, we consider the proportion of such deaths per
thousand persons living we find that they amount in this
Parish to 67.43, whereas in London generally they amount
to 74.5, and in the 28 largest English towns to an average
of 77.1, the lowest being Brighton, with 63.8; Hull with
66.1; and Nottingham with 67.9; and the highest, Manchester
with 101.4 ; and Blackburn with 106.8.
The number of violent deaths recorded during the year
was 79, the same number as in 1885, the lowest number
hitherto recorded; the per-centage of these deaths to the
total number of deaths was 4.16, the lowest per-centage yet
recorded for the Parish, but, as usual, higher than that
recorded for London generally—which was 3.48.
The number of Inquest Cases was 135, equivalent to a
per-centage of 7.1 of the total deaths, or almost exactly the
same as the per-centage in London generally.
The number of deaths uncertified as to cause amounted
to no less than 41, or 2.15 per cent. of the total deaths,
being nearly twice as high as the per-centage for London
generally, and as will be seen by referring to the Table,
considerably higher than that recorded in any previous
year.