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those wlio are sent into the city from other places ; sometimes 

 in a hamper or carpet-bag, by rail ; and frequently, as may be 

 supposed, in a moribund condition. 



The following table embodies all that is known of their origin. 



30. Birth-place of Montreal Foundlings, 1865-68. 



A comparison may now be instituted between the mortality of 

 ordinary children and those neglected by their parents. 



3 1 . Comparative Mortality of Montreal Fonndlings and 

 Ordinary Infants. 



In comparing Montreal with other cities, it would not be fair 

 to make deductions for the peculiarities of our local institutions, 

 because such- peculiarities affect all large cities more or less ; but, 

 for the satisfaction of the inhabitants, the following table may be 

 given. The strangers who are baptized in the city may be 

 reckoned against those born here who are not baptized as infants. 



32. Corrected Death-rate for Montreal City. 



