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Brompton Sub-district (39) were fewer in proportion to population
than in the Town sub-district. The total deaths were
equal to 89 per 1000 deaths from all causes in Kensington
(Metropolis, 107), and to a rate of 16 per 1000 persons living
(Metropolis 2.3); the decennial average being 21 in Kensington,
and 3 0 in London. In England and Wales the
deaths from these diseases were 90 in each 1000 deaths ; and
the rate was 1.8 per 1000 persons living, the decennial
average being about 2.3 per 1000.
In the 27 Cities and Boroughs grouped by the RegistrarGeneral
with the Metropolis, the zymotic death-rate was 2.52
per 1000, ranging from l.05 in Brighton, 144 in Derby, and
1.71 in Birkenhead, to 3.45 in Leicester, 346 in Salford, and
3.77 in Preston.