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TABLE II.—Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of
Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1898 and 10 years preceding.
In the Year
Birth Rate
per 1000
of the
Population.
Corrected
Death Rate
per 1000
of the
Population.
Deaths of
Children
under
1 year;
per 1000 of
Registered
Births.
Deaths of
Children
under 1
year;
per 1000 of
Total
Deaths.
Deaths of
Children
under 5
years: per
1000 of
Total
Deaths.
Deaths in
Public
Institutions;
per 1000 of
Total
Deaths.
1898
23.3
14.00
165.4
274.8
377.8
214.3
1897
24.0
12.23
125.7
246.7
352.5
212.4
1896
23.7
13.75
136.7
236.1
348.1
200.0
1895
24.5
14.44
140.4
238.0
345.6
171.1
1894
24.2
14.00
137.0
237.1
367.5
175.9
1893
25.4
15.10
124.7
209.8
312.6
158*0
1892
25.8
15.60
140.0
245.0
351.4
162.6
1891
27.2
14.62
117.4
218.0
332.1
121.7
1890
24.9
13.97
139.8
239.3
364.3
109.8
1889
25.5
12.39
126.7
261.1
370.3
123.4
1888
25.6
13.43
126.6
240.6
385.8
92.1
Average of
10 years,
1888—1897
25.0
13.95
131.5
237.1
353.0
152.7