Note 273 — Chapter XVII
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Return of lives lost and saved between 1855 and 1873.
The following table shows the number of lives saved, and the number of lives lost on and near the coasts of the United Kingdom, 1855-1873.
Year. Lives Saved. Lives Lost.[274]
By Life Boats. By Rocket, and Mortar Apparatus, Lines, &c. By Luggers, and Coastguard and other Boats. By Ships and Steam Boats. By Ships’ own Boats. By Individual Exertion. By other means. Total Lives Saved.
1855-6 336 499 1351 489 .. 22 .. 2,697 485
1856-7 634 383 606 587 .. 21 .. 2,231 521
1857-8 120 149 683 244 .. 17 .. 1,213 539
1858-9 220 154 878 622 .. 16 .. 1,890 353
1859-60 367 407 681 769 951[275] 9 .. 3,184 1,647
1860-1 771 415 467 858 1,499 14 362[275] 4,386 537
1861-2 322 415 371 919 1,425 27 396 3,875 884
1862-3 291 252 414 1,319 1,289 9 531 4,105 690
1863-4 472 256 424 1,533 1,465 10 439 4,599 620
1864-5 293 347 338 1,003 1,459 22 232 3,694 516
1865-6 480 490 462 1,000 2,195 7 374 5,008 698
1866-7 378 527 385 986 2,728 13 765 5,782 896
1867-8 377 310 843 1,060 1,902 6 660 5,158 1,333
1868-9 504 333 317 719 2,062 .. 561 4,496 824
1869-70 532 354 383 714 2,067 8 443 4,501 933
1870-1 473 203 500 1,062 2,795 2 459 5,495 774
1871-2 403 293 265 990 1,737 .. 245 3,933 626
1872-3 548 715 582 647 1,888 6 388 4,774 590
Total 7521 6502 9950 15,522 25,462 209 5855 71,021 13,466