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From Table III. it appears that there were 627 registered
deaths of persons aged 60 and upwards, giving a percentage
of 33.38 of the gross total of deaths, as against a
percentage for London generally of only 26.05. There
were, however (see Table IIIa.), only 405 deaths of
Parishioners of 60 years and upwards, giving a percentage
of 30.85 of the corrected total of deaths, or a proportion
of only 45.2 to a thousand persons living, as against 88.9 in
London generally and 91.3 in the 28 largest English towns,
the lowest being Leicester, 81.0; Portsmouth, 78.5; and
Norwich, 70.9; and the highest, Blackburn, 106.9; Salford,
108.7; and Oldham, 108.9. From Table III. we also
see that 95 violent deaths were registered in the Parish,
being 5.05 per cent, of the total deaths, but of the 95
deaths registered under this heading, only 37 were those
of Parishioners (see Table IIIa.), giving a percentage of
only 2.8 of the corrected total of deaths, which is nearly 1
per cent, below that of London generally. This shows the
importance of reckoning only the deaths of Parishioners
under this heading, which I am now able to do.
The Inquest cases held in the Parish numbered 144,
being more than in any year mentioned in the Table. They
were equivalent to 7.6 per cent. of the gross total deaths,
as against 7.4 in London generally.