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three years, these rates show an increase of 13 per cent. in
Greater London, of 11 per cent. in Inner London, and of 18
per cent. in the Outer Ring.
The death-rate in thirty-two Cities and Boroughs next in
importance to London, and having a population of nearly six
millions, was 20.2, ranging from 15.8 in Croydon, 18.0 in Bradford,
and 18.1 in Huddersfield, to 28.8 in Manchester, 24.6 in
Salford, and 24.7 in Liverpool; without correction for differences
between one town and another in regard to the age
and sex-distribution of their respective populations. The
death-rates of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin were, 19.4, 22.7,
and 29.3 respectively.
In thirty-four of the largest Colonial, European and
other Foreign cities, with an aggregate population of about 20
millions, the mean rate of mortality was 25.5 per 1000, and exceeded
by 4.8 the mean rate in the 33 largest English towns;
population exceeding ten millions. The lowest rates were, in
Sydney 13.5, in Berlin 19.6, and in Copenhagen 19.9, ranging
upwards to Trieste, 30.0, Moscow, 36.9, and Hamburg, 39.7.
The rate in Paris was 22.4, in Rome, 21.2, and in Vienna
24.3. In American cities the rate ranged from 21.6 in
Brooklyn and 22.6 in Philadelphia, to 24.2 in New York, and
29.4 in New Orleans. The rate in Alexandria was 41.3, in
Cairo, 47.0, In Calcutta the rate was 27.0, in Bombay, 32.1,
and in Madras 46.0 per 1000.
SUMMARY OF MORTAL STATISTICS, ETC.
The year 1892 from the point of view of the death-rate
was, like its predecessor, below the average in respect of the
state of the public health, but not to the same degree; for
whereas in 1891 the death-rate, 18.4 per 1000 persons living,
exceeded the decennial rate (16.6) by 1.8, the death-rate in
1892 (17.2) was only 0.5 above the average, (16.7). There
was this further difference, that whereas in 1891 the death-rate
in only three of the thirteen four-weekly periods covered by