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very old persons and young children, whose vitality is weak,
these attacks of diarrhoea are very apt to end fatally. It is
important that no stale food should be eaten in warm weather,
and that articles of diet should be thoroughly cooked. Attention
to these well known facts would prevent many serious
illnesses that occur in hot weather. The deaths of females
exceeded those of males by nine. When we take into consideration
the fact that there are nearly ten thousand more
females than males in the district, it will be readily seen that
the relative mortality of males was greater than that of females.
More male children are annually born in London, yet owing
to the greater mortality among males there is a much greater
number of females living.
The number of births registered in this district last year was
4,513 (males 2,308, females 2,205), against 4,195 in the previous
year. The number of births of males exceeded that of the
females by 103. Of the 4,513 births registered last year there
were 222 in St. Peter's (males 112, females 110); 2,412 in St.
Paul's (males 1,246, females 1,166); 1879 in Fulham (males 950,
females 929). The birth rate in the whole district was at the
rate of 38 9 births per annum per 1,000 persons living, being one
birth to each 257 persons. The birth rate in the whole of London
was equal to 347 per annum per 1,000 persons living. The
births exceeded the deaths in this district last year by 2,040, and
exceeded the number of births the previous year by 318. Estimating
that the population has increased 2,500 in the year, 2,040
of this number was due to excess of births over deaths, and 460
to immigration.