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TABLE D.
MONTHLY DEATH-RATES IN BOMBAY DURING THE   PLAGUE VISITATIONS
OF 1896-97 AND 1897-98, CALCULATED FROM STATISTICS IN THE
PLAGUE CHARTS OF THESE YEARS.
1896-97.
Months.
Total Mortality.
Calculated Population.
Death-rate
per 10,000 per
Month.
1896.



November...
3,024
780,000
38.8
December...
6,243
740,000
84·4
1897.



January   
7,627
480,000
158·9
February ...
6,732
437,000
154·0
March   
5,438
474,000
114·7
April       
3,578
581,000
61·6
1897-98.
1897.



November...        
2,977
855,000
35.7
December...
8,794
875,000
48·4
1898.



January   ...
6,886
838,000
82·2
February ...
8,316
757,500
109·8
March
9,210
712,500
129·2
April        
5,097
74,400
68·5
REMARKS.-It is noticeable from the chart that the plague visitation was more than 
a month later this year than last. The mortality in November 1896 should therefore be 
compared with that in December 1897, December 1896 with January 1898, and so on.