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The mean age at death of all who died during the
year was 30½ years (nearly).
Social position of the deceased.—70 per cent.
(nearly) of all deaths, and 74 per cent. (nearly) of the
deaths from epidemic diseases occurred amongst the
labouring classes. This is a lower proportion, in relation
to the other classes collectively, than has hitherto
prevailed, and a reference to the statistics under this
heading, contained in previous reports, will show that
this relative proportion of mortality from general as well
as epidemic disease borne by the labouring classes has
gradually diminished, a result which may be fairly
accepted as an indication of much sanitary improvement
effected amongst them.

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