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from this disease is always in proportion to the highest temperature
attained, provided it lasts for two or three weeks.

The ages at death varied somewhat from those of 1870 in the
larger proportion this year between 5 and 35 years of age. In
1870 there were only 18.4 per cent. of the whole registered
between these ages, whilst in 1871 there were 21.2 per cent.
The mortality under 5 years was nearly the same in both, viz.,
39.1 in 1871, and 39.0 per cent. in 1870. On the other hand
there were fewer between 65 and 75 in the proportion of 8.8 per
cent. to 10.6 per cent. There were 637 deaths under 1, 466
between 1 and 5, 180 between 5 and 15, 204 between 15 and 25,
212 between 25 and 35, 195 between 35 and 45, 208 between
45 and 55, 215 between 55 and 65, 246 between 65 and 75, no
less than 251 who died above 75 years of age, including 1 of
above 95.
The rate of death under 1 year is satisfactory, as it is usually
a good guide as to the Sanitary condition of a district. In
London generally the rate was 24.7 per cent. of the whole, and
in Hackney only 22.6 per cent. This rate is smaller than in
any large town except Portsmouth where it was only 19.3 per
cent., whilst it was above 30 per cent. in Liverpool, Manchester,
Salford, Sunderland, and Newcastle. The proportion of deaths