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cent, on total deaths. Mr. Potter informs me that the actual
deaths in the year were 355, the quarterly numbers being
112, 79, 80, and 81: so that 196 deaths occurred in the first and
fourth (or cold) quarters, and 159 in the second and third (or
warm) quarters. The deaths of males were 192, and of females
163. The ages at death were, under one year 50 (50 in 1887
also), between one year and 60 years 143 (195 in 1887),
and at 60 years and upwards 162 (159 in 1887). Four inquests
were held: in one case death was caused by opium poisoning,
in one case by burn, in one by convulsions, and in one by heart
disease.