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The average number of deaths occurring in the Parish from the
principal zymotic diseases during the past ten years was 209, so
that the number for 1891 was 14 above the average.
No case of Small Pox occurred during the year.
The number of deaths from Measles was very considerably in
excess of that in the previous year.
The deaths from Scarlet Fever were about the same as in the
preceding year, but the deaths of patients removed to hospitals
were more numerous.
The deaths from Diphtheria were also rather more numerous.
The number of deaths arising from all causes in infants under
1 year of age was 351, rather less than last year; 24 also occurred
in Extra-Parochial Hospitals.
196 deaths occurred in the Parish at and above 60, 132 in
the Workhouses, &c.; making a total of 328.
32 deaths occurred from violence, 17 less than in the preceding
year.
73 inquest deaths were registered in the year, 33 less than in
the preceding year; 38 extra-parochial inquests upon parishioners
were held.
In 20 large English towns the mortality in 1891 was:—In
London, 21.4; Brighton, 18.2; Portsmouth, 19; Norwich, 19.3;
Plymouth, 22.5; Bristol, 20.9; Wolverhampton, 24.2; Birmingham,
22.2; Leicester, 21.7; Nottingham, 19.9; Liverpool, 27;
Manchester, 26.5; Salford, 26; Oldham, 25.7; Bradford, 22.2;
Leeds, 22.9; Sheffield, 23.9; Hull, 21; Sunderland, 25; and
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23.8.
In Edinburgh the mortality was 21.6; in Glasgow, 25.3; and in
Dublin, 26.5 per 1000.