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TRINIDAD. 



Spain among adults is not very dissimilar to the mortality of 

 London ." 



If we take the mortality of 1871 (the year of the census), 

 we have rural districts'' population, 81,067, Port-of-Spain and 

 San Fernando, 28,566, or 2,491 for the rural districts and 868 

 for the two towns. 



As regards the influence of months on the general mortality, 

 we have the following results: First quarter, 10,147; second 

 quarter, 8,304; third quarter, 10,143; fourth quarter, 9,578; 

 so that the months of the first quarter, or January, February, 

 and March, present a greater mortality; the lesser mortality 

 would be in April, May, and June. 



With regard to sexes, the number of deaths in the ten years 

 is: Males, 22,447; females, 16,345; yearly average, 2,244*70, 

 and 1,634-50. 



The following Table will show the influence of age on th( 

 mortality : 



Port-of-Spain and San Fernando. 



Out of a grand total of 4,541 deaths, 1,520 took place und( 

 ten years, which gives the ratio of 33*47 per cent., or one-third; 

 from ten to twenty, 366 or 8*05; from twenty to thirty, 700, or 

 15'41, nearly double; between thirty and forty, 625, or 13'38. 

 The greatest mortality is under ten years; then, succesively, 

 between twenty and thirty, thirty and forty ; least between ten 

 and twenty. These results coincide pretty exactly with those 

 obtained in Europe, Cuba, New York, and Baltimore. Here, as 

 in those places, the period between twenty and thirty is that of 

 the passions and adventurous life. 



The following Table, drawn up by the Registrar-General, 



