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which prevailed during the ten years preceding
the last Census. On this basis, the number of
inhabitants is estimated at 88,674. About 1,000
persons annually leave the Parish to obtain their
livelihood elsewhere.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Parish was
3,469, being 34 more than in the previous year, and
106 less than the average of the preceding ten
years. The male children numbered 1,728, and
the female 1,741. The annual birth-rate was 39.1
per thousand of the estimated population. The
London birth-rate was 33.7 per thousand.
In the Leather Market District there were 662
births; in St. Mary Magdalen District 606; and
in the St James's District 2201.
During the first quarter of the year, the births
numbered 934; in the second quarter 832; in the
third quarter 807; and in the fourth quarter, 896.
The excess of births over deaths was 1,692. The
natural increase of the population was 1.9 per cent.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered, was 1777,
of which 897 were males, and 880 females. In the
previous year, the recorded deaths were 1722, but
as the present year includes an additional week,
and also a larger population, the mortality may be
considered the same as last year. The deaths were
sixteen below the average of three years, and sixty
nine below that of ten years. The annual rate of
mortality, was 20.0 per thousand of the estimated
population. The London death-rate was 20.3 per
per thousand.