The lowest percentage of murders goes to tho credit of Holland, with Great Britain a good second. Tin; highest is to the discredit of Chile, but the highest total is recorded by the United States. In Chile, during 1932, the last year for which statistics are complete, there were 2913 murders, equivalent to 61 per 10,000, or one murder every three hours. The United States shows 8i per 10,000; the total is 10,617. The highest percentage in Europe goes to Belgium, with 186 murders, but Germany has the largest aggregate (1223), though this averages only 1.88 per 10,000 of the population. In the nine countries under review the total murders amounted to no fewer than 16.108.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21116, 17 March 1934, Page 7
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