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and 35, the death-rate would be a little higher than it is, as the
mortality amongst persons of these ages is much less than for
all ages. As the excess is only three per cent, in London, as
compared with all England, the difference would evidently be
but small.

This table is inserted rather as a matter of curiosity than as
having an important bearing in the death-rate of the district.
It shows that there were 34,817 unmarried persons residing in
the district, of whom 12,937 were males and 21,880 females;
that there were 40,119 married persons, of whom 19,701 were
males and 20,418 females, (the difference between the number of
wives and husbands obviously arose from the absence of the
husbands or wives from the district on the day of the census);
that there were 7,489 widowers and widows, of whom only
1,719 were widowers, and no less than 5,770 were widows. The
table also shows the very early age at which a rather large
number of the wives had married, 145 being under 15, and 1770
under 20 years of age. It also shows the comparatively small
number of males to females who bad remained unmarried above
56 years of age, there being only 323 males against 1226 females.
There were also 4522 widowers and widows above 55, of whom