The difference between these two rates will be better understood when it is remembered that the mortality in the whole State -- 88,332 deaths in a population of 5,082,871 inhabitants -- includes that of all the large cities where death's harvest is always greater than in the rural districts. The deaths in New York City and Brooklyn alone aggregate 43,208, or very near half the number of deaths in the whole State, and, taken from their joint population of 1,772,962, average 24.94 per thousand.

The population of the various towns in the county,

according to the census of 1870 and 1880, was as follows :

1880. 1870.

Bedford Town, including Mt. Kiseo and Village . . 3731 3697

Mount Kisco Village 728

Cortlandt Town, including Peekskill Village . . . 12,064 11,094

Peekbkill Village 0893 6i>(X»

East Chester Town, including Mt. Vernon Village 8737 7491

Mount Vernon Village 4580 2700

Greenburgli Town, including Tarrytown Village . 8934 10,790

Tarrytown Village 3025

Harrison Town 1494 787

Lowisboro jTown 1612 1001

Mamaroneck Town 1863 1483

Mount Pleasant Town, including North Tarrytown

Village 5450 5210

North Tarrytown Village 2804

New Castle Town ■ 2297 2152

New Rochelle Town 5276 3915

North Castle Town 1818 1996

North Salem Town 1693 1754

Ossining Town, including Ossining Village . . . 8709 7798

Sing Sing Village 0578 4690

Pelham Town 2540 1790

Poundridge Town 1034 1191

Bye Town, including Port Chester Village . . . . 6576 7150

Port Chester Village 3254 3797

Scarsdale Town 614 517