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The average number of the principal zymotic diseases, during the
last 10 years, was 303; so that the number for 1874 is 43 below
the average.
The number of deaths from all diseases, in infants under 1 year
was 403; and 225 deaths occurred at and above 60 years of age.
102 inquest-deaths were registered in the year.
87 deaths (48 of males, 39 females) occurred in the Workhouse.
The numbers for the preceding 10 years were 167, 174, 156, 186,
178, 140, 107, 75, 38 and 112.
19 deaths took place in the House of Correction, and 2 in the
House of Detention.
35 deaths arose from violence.
Hence the mortality of the year was below that of the average of
the last 10 years, and below that of the preceding year. The
mortality amounted to 21 per 1000. If the deaths of persons dying
in Hospitals, &c , as determined by calculation are added, the mortality
would be 23 per 1000.
In 21 large towns of the United Kingdom, the mortality per 1000
was determined by the Registrar General to amount, for 1874, to:—
average total 25.4; London, 22.5; Portsmouth, 20.4; Norwich, 23.5;
Bristol, 22.7; Wolverhampton, 23.9; Birmingham, 26.8; Leicester,
24.1; Nottingham, 24.8; Liverpool, 32.0; Manchester, 30.4; Salford,
29.6; Oldham, 29.7; Bradford, 27.0; Leeds, 28.7; Sheffield, 26.9;
Hull, 25.5; Sunderland, 23.4; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 29.2; Edinburgh,
23.6; Glasgow, 31.1 ; Dublin, 26.0.
Although the mortality of Clerkenwell in 1874, was about that of
the Metropolis generally, it was as in the previous year, below that of
the entire Central District, in which it amounted to 25.6
Hence the mortality has been below the average of the last 10 years,
and below that of the preceding year. But there has been an