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The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1900 is as low as 28.9
The decline in the birth-rate of this country dates from the year
1876 when it stood at 36.3. The birth-rate for the 33 large towns
was 29.4 per 1,000 of the population and the London rate was 28.6,
which was lower than in any of the 10 preceding years, during
which the birth-rate averaged 30.4 per 1,000.

Deaths.—The total number of deaths after correction* which
were registered as properly belonging to this district was 1,403,
yielding a total death-rate of 21.1 per 1,000. It is considerably
higher than the rate for Registration London, which in 1900
was 18.8; but it compares favourably with that of our immediate
neighbours in Central London, Holborn having a death-rate of
26.5, and St. Luke 26.8. Last year (1899) the death-rate for
Clerkenwell was 22.3.
The total number of deaths, 1,403, includes 496 deaths of
Clerkenwell persons who died in various institutions outside the
district. During 1899 there were as many as 553 such extraparochial
deaths. The number of intra-parochial deaths occurring
in Clerkenwell from all causes during 1900, was 907 (18 less than
last year). With a population of 66,202, this gives an intraparochial
death-rate of 13.6 per 1,000, which is the lowest intraparochial
rate since 1894.
The following table from the report of the Registrar-General,
compares the death-rates of London, Clerkenwell and neighbouring
districts for 1900, after distribution of deaths in public institutions.
I have also added the rates of one of the healthiest districts in
London, namely, Hampstead, for purposes of comparison.
* Correction consists in omitting deaths, occurring in hospitals and kindred
institutions within a district, of persons not properly belonging to it; and of
including deaths of such of its inhabitants as have occurred in hospitals, workhouses,
infirmaries, asylums, &c., outside its boundary.