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of 1888, shown in Table IV. The following table gives
these death-rates, and, for the sake of comparison, those of
1887:—

It will be observed, not only that the death-rates are
all remarkably low (considerably lower than the lowest of
the death-rates for the groups of Metropolitan Districts,
which I have already quoted from the Registrar General's
returns), but that, excepting that of St. George's, they are
all considerably lower than the corresponding death-rates of
1887.
I have explained, over and over again, that the
extreme lowness of our death-rates is not wholly due
to healthiness of population. As I have shown earlier
in this Report, it may be taken for granted that I have
largely over-estimated the amount of the population, not
only for the Parish as a whole, but also for each of its subdistricts,
excepting, perhaps, that of St. George's. Another
source of fallacy is the fact that many deaths, due to the
Parish, occur in institutions outside the Parish. For some
few years past, these deaths have been supplied to us
through the General Register Office, and I have been
enabled, therefore, to correct the fallacy due to this cause.
The supplemental deaths, here referred to, are set
forth in Table X. They amounted to 256, of which 4