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"The density of population in Inner London, in 1879, is expressed
by 26,674 persons to a square mile, whereas the density of the 913,172
inhabitants distributed over the towns and villages on the 368,414
acres of its suburbs in the outer ring was only 1,586 persons to a square
mile.
"The average mortality, in 1879, in the three Indian cities was 33.6
per 1,000. In Calcutta it was 30.5; in Bombay, 34 9; in Madras, 34.4.
In Alexandria the mortality was 38.6.
" In the 21 European cities the average mortality was 29.3. It was
below the average in Christiania, 17 5; Stockholme, 216; Geneva,
22 0; Amsterdam, 24 0; the Hague, 241 ; Dresden, 24 2; Paris,
26 3; Rotterdam, 26 3; Hamburg, 26.5; Copenhagan, 26.0; Berlin,
27.2; Vienna, 28.5; and Turin, 289. And above the average in
Brussels, 29.7; Breslau, 29.8; Rome, 30.2; Naples, 31.2; Munich,
34.9; Trieste, 35.5 ; Buda Pesth, 37.5; and St. Petersburgh, 40 0."