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1,746 deaths 1,275 occurred in St. Mary's District,
and 471 in St. John's.
The deaths were most numerous in the first and
least so in the fourth quarter of the year.
It will be observed that, notwithstanding the increase
of population, the deaths of parishioners (1,746) were
fewer than in the year 1875, the death-rate being 16.3
per 1,000 persons living ; which contrasts favorably
with the death-rate of 1875, and with that of any one
of the ten preceding years, or the decennial average
rate. In fact, with the exception of the year 1872,
the mortality in the Metropolis, from all causes, was
less in 1876 than during any one of the previous 20
years. This was attributed by some to certain meteorological
conditions, to differences of temperature, of
atmospheric pressure, and of rainfall during the
summer months, and to the warm days and nights
of the last quarter of the year.

In 1876 the death-rate for London was 22.3 per 1,000.
„ „ Edinburgh 20.5 ,, „
„ „ Dublin 25.8 „ „