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of insalubrity, is often a sign of prosperity, for it generally
tells of a high birth-rate, which is the unmistakeable
characteristic of a flourishing community.
Of the 2,025 deaths in the City during the year,
1,007 were males and 1,018 females. This is the
reverse of the common proportions; for during the
last ten years the proportions were 922 females to
1,000 males; and in all England they are 959 to
1,000.
As regards the influence of season on the deathrate,
as shewn in the third table of the appendix,
the facts may be thus expressed—1,000 deaths
in each quarter being taken as the average for comparison.