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No. 12. PORT OP SPAIN. 



No. 13. PORT OF SPAIN AND SAN FERNANDO. 



Out of a grand total of 5,622 deaths, 1,886 took place under 

 ten years, which gives the ratio of 1 per 298, or more than one- 

 third ; between 10 and 20, 449, or 1 in every 12-52 ; between 20 

 and 30, 860, or 1 in 6-54, nearly double; between 30 and 40, 

 7*83, or 1 in every 7 '78. The greatest mortality is under ten 

 years ; then, successively, between 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 

 50, and least between 10 and 20. These results coincide pretty 

 exactly with those obtained in Europe, in Cuba, New York, and 

 Baltimore. Here, as in those places, the period between 20 and 

 30 is that of the passions and of adventurous life. 



The following table, drawn up by the Registrar-General, shows 

 the rate of mortality from birth to the age of ten years : 



