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Of the above 399 Deaths, 195 occurred in the Charing Cross
Hospital, and of this number who died in that Institution, 165
were non-residents of the Parish. In public Institutions outside
tho Parish, and including the parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
who died in the Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton, the deaths
numbered 93. In Table No. VI. will be found full details of these
93 deaths.
The Death-rate of the Parish for the year 1888 would be 17.3per
1,000, rather less than in the previous year.
Patio of deaths to population, about 1 in 57. The deaths registered
in London in the year 1888 numbered 78,848, and corresponded
to an annual rate of 18.5 per 1,000. This is far the lowest
death-rate as yet recorded in London.
Appended is the annual death-rate per 1,000 in the Parish of
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, during the last ten years:—
1879
18.6
1880
16.8
1881
18.5
1882
17.6
*1883
19.0
1884
19.7
1885
19.3
1886
18.2
1887
18.1
1888
17.3
The ages of these 399 deaths were as follows:—
55
were under 1 year.
45
from 1 to 5 years.
23
„ 5 „ 20 „
80
,, 20 ,, 40 ,,
122
„ 40 „ 60 „
64
., 60 „ 80 ,,
10
above 80 years.
*This is the first year returns have been supplied to me from the RegistrarGeneral's
Office of deaths of parishioners occurring in Public Institutions
outside the Parish, which deaths have been added to the death-rate.—J. J. S.