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Camberwell
1895.
Medical Officer's Annual Report.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
During the year 1895, which for statistical purposes is
assumed to consist of 52 weeks, the births in London numbered
133,715, and the deaths 86,937.
The population for the middle of 1895 is calculated to be
4,392,346, and this number is used in the determination of the
marriage-rate, birth-rate and death-rate for London.
The birth-rate was 30.5 per thousand, which is the
lowest that has ever been recorded for London, with the
exception of that of 1894, which was 30.1 per thousand.
The marriage-rate for 1895 was 17.1 per thousand, as
contrasted with 17.0 and 17.2 for 1894 and 1893 respectively.
The death-rate was 19.8 per thousand, which was
2.0 more than that recorded for 1894; if the deaths of
persons known to be strangers occurring in metropolitan
institutions be excluded the death rate is reduced to 19.4;
the average rate per annum, however, for the last ten years
has been 20.1 per thousand for London.
Table I. shows the birth-rates and death-rates, together
with the total number of births and deaths recorded for London
and its five groups of sub-districts, together with those deaths
belonging to London and yet occurring outside the Metropolis.
Table I.—Births, Deaths, Birth-Rates and Death-Rates of London
and its Groups of Districts for 1895.
London.
West D.
North D.
Central.
East D.
South D.
Metropolitan
Asylums
and
Hospitals
outside
London.
Births
133,715
19,777
-
29,835
6,972
26,535
50,596
18,840
1,635
Deaths
86,937
14,312
5,577
16,615
29,958
28.9
29.8
Birth-Rates
30.5
25.6
37.5
30.9
-
-
Death-Rates
18.0
24.2
19.8
17.8
23.5
18.7