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with the annual death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated
population:—
Deaths, 1870 418
Deduct non-residents
who died in the
Charing Cross Hospital
54
364
Death-rate per 1,000, 17.2
Ratio of Deaths to
population 1 in 58'1
Deaths, 1875 .. 503
Deduct non-residents
who died in the
Charing Cross Hospital
115
388
Death-rate per 1,000, 18 3
Ratio of Deaths to
population 1 in 54.5
By the above figures the death-rate per 1,000 for the
year 1876 was 17.2. This is a very low death-rate,
thus showing the healthy condition of our Parish.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 for the whole of
London in the year 1876 was 223.
Appended is the annual death-rate per 1,000 in
the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the last six
years:—
1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876.
19.4. 18.7. 20.2. 18.6. 18.3. 17.2.
Ages at Death.
Of the 418 deaths, 152 occurred in children under
five years of age, 24 between the ages of 5 and 20
years, 88 between 20 and 40 years, 79 between 40
and 60 years, 63 between 60 and 80 years, and 12
above 80 years.