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From Table V. it will be seen that the total number of
deaths from infectious diseases and diarrhoea registered in
the Parish (including deaths of Non-Parishioners) was 108, a
smaller number than in any previous year and 49 below
the averge of the previous 10 years.
The 108 deaths from these diseases is equivalent to a
zymotic death-rate of only 1.21, as against 1.88 in 1890,
the rate for London being 2.30, and that for the 28 largest
English towns 2.42. If, however, we only consider the
deaths of our Parishioners from the principal zymotic
diseases, they amount (as will be seen from Tables Va. and
Vb.) to only 100, equivalent to a zymotic death-rate of only
1.116. The only large town which has a lower zymotic
death-rate than this is Brighton with 1.05. The nearest to
it are Derby, 1.44; Birkenhead, 1.71; Hull, 1.72; Norwich,
1.77; and Bristol, 1.96; all the rest have a zymotic deathrate
of over 2.
The highest zymotic death-rates in the Country are furnished
by Leicester with 3.45, Salford with 3.46, and
Preston with 3.77. These rates are lower than the highest
rates for 1890, in which year the zymotic death-rate of
Preston was 4.28, while in 1889 it was as high as 7.70.