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touch the granite. The order of least consumption, and geological 
areas is : Sandstone ; Sandstone and Carboniferous ; Carboniferous 
and Granite ; Sandstone, Sea and Eiver (cast up high by Exminster). 
The death-rate of many parishes is high, especially for women ; 
e. g. Colaton Ealeigh, f. 2*61 ; Farringdon, f. 3-24; Clyst St. 
Lawrence, f. 2-35 ; St. Mary Clyst, f. 4*0 ; Dunchideock, f. 
2*94 ; Holcombe Burnell, f. 4*47 ; Ashton, f. 4*57 ; Exminster, 
f. 9*83, m. 9-59. The death-rate of Exminster is due to the 
lunatic population of the County Asylum. (See Appendix.) The 
almost adjoining parish of Kenton, with a mean female popu- 
lation of 1,034, had no death in ten years, whilst five only, males, 
died in ten years in a mean population of 875. What local causes 
make the death-rate in Broadclyst 2*17 for women, when it is 
only 0*60 for men? Is it the more indoor-life? Is the frequent 
high death-rate in South Devon and eastern Dartmoor, as compared 
with West Dartmoor, to be explained by the increased hereditary 
tendency of the population generally, arising from the fact, that the 
south of the county has so long been a resort for consumptives ? 
The rainfall of Clist Hydon is 33*55; Hele, 33*77; Brampford 
Speke, 35*11; St. George's Clyst, 32*17; Budleigh Salterton, 
33*30; Exeter, 33*82. 
