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| Number of deaths in London, 1889 | 75,683 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ Philadelphia, 1889 | 20,536 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ Brooklyn, 1889 | 18,288 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ Boston, 1889 | 10,259 |
| Death-rate of New York, 1889 | 25.19 |
| Death-rate of“ London, 1889 | 17.4 |
| Death-rate of“ Philadelphia, 1889 | 19.7 |
| Death-rate of“ Brooklyn, 1889 | 22.5 |
| Death-rate of“ Boston, 1889 | 24.42 |
For every person who dies there are always two disabled by illness, so that there was a regular average of 79,358 New Yorkers on the sick-list at any moment last year. It is usual to count 28 cases of sickness the year round for every death, and this would give a total for the year 1889 of 1,111,082 of illness of all sorts.
| Number of deaths in tenements in New York, 1869 | 13,285 |
| Number of“ deaths“ in“ tenements“ in“ New York“ 1888 | 24,842 |
| Death-rate in tenements in New York, 1869 | 28.35 |
| Death-rate“ in“ tenements“ in“ New York“ 1888 | 22.71 |
This is exclusive of deaths in institutions, properly referable to the tenements in most cases. The adult death-rate is found to decrease in the larger tenements of newer construction. The child mortality increases, reaching 114.04 per cent, of 1,000 living in houses containing between 60 and 80 tenants. From this point it decreases with the adult death-rate.
| Number of deaths in prisons, New York, 1889 | 85 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ hospitals, New York, 1889 | 6,102 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ lunatic asylums, New York, 1889 | 448 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ institutions for children, New York, 1889 | 522 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ homes for aged, New York, 1889 | 238 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ almshouse, New York, 1889 | 424 |
| Number of“ deaths in“ other institutions, New York, 1889 | 162 |
| Number of burials in city cemetery (paupers), New York, 1889 | 3,815 |
| Percentage of such burials on total | 9.64 |
