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8 deaths took place in the House of Correction ; 3 in the
House of Detention.
38 deaths arose from violence ; the number for 1879 being 43.
Hence the mortality of the year has been below the average.
The mortality amounted to 1 per 1000 ; if the persons dying in
Hospitals &c., be added, the mortality would amount to 20 per
1000.
In 20 large English towns, the mortality per 1,000 in 1880
was:—London, 22.2; Brighton, 19.6; Portsmouth, 18.7; Norwich,
23.7 ; Plymouth, 24.6 ; Bristol, 20.1 ; Wolverhampton, 21.1 ;
Birmingham, 20.8; Leicester, 23.1 ; Nottingham, 25.1 ; Liverpool,
27.3 ; Manchester, 25.4 ; Salford, 25.8 ; Oldham, 23.3 ;
Bradford, 21.9 ; Leeds, 21 ; Sheffield, 21.1 ; Hull, 23.7 ; Sunderland,
24.6 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22.
The mortality in all London was 22.2 ; that of the West districts,
19.9 ; of the North districts, 21.2 ; of the Central districts,
23.2 ; of the East districts, 24.3 ; and of the South districts,
22.8.
The mortality has thus been considerably below the average ;
exactly the same as it was in 1856. But the recent census has
shown us that the population has augmented to 69,019. It may
be interesting to note that in 1801, it was 23,396; in 1831,
47,634; in 1841, 56,799; in 1851, 64,778; in 1861, 65,681; in
1871, 65,380; and in 1881, 69,019.
The number of deaths from zymotic diseases has been somewhat
more than last year, but less than the average. The increase
will be seen at once by reference to the table to arise from
Hooping Cough, over which sanitary proceedings have perhaps
the least control. At present there are no hooping cough