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7 deaths took place in the House of Correction; 7 also in the
House cf Detention.
34 deaths arose from violence; the number for 1881 being
41. The numbers for the last five years were 40, 43, 38, 41
and 34, so that the number for this year is 7 below the average.
But when it is recollected that these deaths arise from accident,
negligence, and suicide, and immediately from fractures and
contusions, cuts, burns and scalds (want of fire-guards), overlying
and suffocation of infants in bed, children hanging behind
vehicles and being run over, it is evident that they are mostly
preventable and could be considerably reduced by ordinary care;
and it must be remembered that many cases also occur which
arc not fatal.
Hence the mortality of the year has again been considerably
below the average. It amounted to 18 per 1,000; if the persons
dying in hospitals, &c., be added, the mortality would amount to
19 per 1,000.
In 20 large English towns, the mortality in 1882 was:—
London, 21.4; Brighton, 21.7; Portsmouth, 21.5; Norwich, 20.6;
Plymouth, 21.2; 13ristol, 19.2; Wolverhampton, 22.4; Birmingham,
20.9; Leicester, 20.1; Nottingham, 23.6; Liverpool, 26.5;
Manchester, 26.7; Salford, 23.2; Oldham, 24.6; Bradford, 21.2;
Leeds, 23.2; Sheffield, 21.7; Hull, 23.2; Sunderland, 26.5; and
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23.1.
The mortality in all London was 21.4; that of the West
districts, 19.9; of the North districts, 19.7; of the Central
districts, 23.9; of the East districts, 25.3; and of the South
districts, 20.7.