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The birth rate in successive periods has been as follows—
1851.60 33.6
1861.70 35.4.
1871.80 35.4
1881.90 33.2
1891 31.8*
1892 30.9*
1893 31.0*
1894 30.1*
1895 30.6*
1896 30.2*
1897 30.0*
1898 29.4*
1899 29.3*
The corresponding figures for England and Wales are as follows—
1851-60 34.2
1861-70 35.2
1871-80 35.5
1881-90 32.5
1891 31.4
1892 30.5
1893 30.8
1894 29.6
1895 30.4
1896 29.7
1897 29.7
1898 29.4
The accompanying diagram (II.) shows the London birth rate in each year since 1850 in
relation to the mean birth rate of the period 1851-99.
During the year the eastern group of districts had the highest birth rate (36.2) and the
western the lowest (24.6), the northern, central, and southern groups having birth rates, of 27.2,
28'6, and 30.0 per 1,000 living respectively. As in the preceding year the district having the
highest birth rate was St. Luke (44.4), and the district having the lowest birth rate was St. Martinin-the-Fields
(12.2).

*The rates for these years relate to the Administrative County of London, the rates shown for years previous to 1891 relate
to the Registration County of London.
†Lying-in hospitals are situated in the6e districts.