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TABLE II.
TABLE showing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rates among Children, and Deaths
in Public Institutions for the Year 1889, and 10 Years preceding.
Year.
Birth Rate
per 1,000 of the
Population.
Annual
Rate of Mortality
per 1,000 living.
Deaths of
Children under
1 year;
percentage of
Total Deaths.
Percentage of
Deaths of Children
under 1 year to
Registered Births.
Deaths of
Children under
5 years;
percentage of
Total Deaths.
Total Number of Deaths in
Public Institutions.
St.
Mary's
Hospital.
The
Lock
Hospital.
The
C hildren't
Hospital.
1889.
24.5
14.2
23.3
13.8
33.3
344
2
70
1888
24.6
16.6
19.3
13.3
34.3
334
5
64
1887
25.5
15.6
20.0
12.2
31.6
347
6
50
1886
25.6
16.9
22.5
14.8
35.4
250
5
53
1885
26.8
16.8
23.1
14.5
36.5
264
4
50
1884
27.2
16.3
24.1
14.4
36.0
263
3
34
1883
26.0
16.1
21.9
13.5
37.7
258
5
4
1882
26.8
16.3
22.4
13.6
37.5
245
3
—
1881
26.6
15.7
22.8
13.4
34.7
253
4
—
1880
26.8
15.7
25.1
14.8
40.3
237
5
—
1879
27.7
18.5
20.8
13.8
34.9
241
3
—
Average of
10 years,
1879-1888
26.4
16.5
22.2
13.8
36.9
269
4
—