180 REPORT 1842. 



Table LXVI. — Comparative per-centage of Monthly Mortality in the dif- 

 ferent Towns reported on. 



PROPORTION OF MALE AND FEMALE DEATHS. 



Edinburgh, including St. Cuthbert's and Canongate. 



By referring to Table L., it will be seen that the total amount of male deaths 

 during the three years 1839, 1840, and 1841, is 5197, and the female deaths 

 5363 ; being in the proportion of 103*194 females to every 100 males. 



The average annual amount of male deaths during these three years end- 

 ing with 1841, is 1732^, and of female deaths 1787f ; while the males living 

 in 1841 is 61,313, and the females 76,869; being in the proportion of 

 125*37 females to every 100 males. 

 The average annual number of male deaths, 



compared to the males living in 1841, is 



therefore as 1 to 35*393, or 2*825 per cent. 



And the average annual number of female 



deaths to the females living in the same 



year, as 1 to 42*999, or 2*325 per cent. 



Difference 0*500 per cent. 



The female life in Edinburgh and suburbs, exclusive of Leith, is therefore 

 better than the male life by 0*500 per cent. ; while the number of female 

 deaths during these three years is 3*194 per cent, greater than the number of 

 male deaths. 



