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During the first quarter of the year, the births
numbered 967; in the second quarter 817; in the
third quarter 768; and in the fourth quarter 796.
The number of births in the first half of the year
usually exceeds the number in the latter half.
The births registered during the first six months
were more, and in the second six months fewer
than in the corresponding periods of 1885.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths from all causes was
1698, of which 874 were males and 824 females.
In the previous year the recorded deaths were
1583; the average of the three previous years 1694,
and the decennial average 1809. The annual rate of
mortality was 189 per thousand of the estimated
population, or one death to every fifty-three
persons living. The average weekly number of
deaths was 32.6. The London death rate was 19.9
per thousand, with the exception of the immediately
preceding year, when the rate was 19.8; the rate
in 1886 was the lowest recorded since the present
system of civil registration began.
The number of deaths in the Leather Market
District was 366; in the St. Mary Magdalen
District 400; in the St. James's District 932.
The deaths in the Workhouse, which is situated
in St. Mary Magdalen District numbered 114.
Distributing these deaths pro rata, the death rate
in the first named District was 23.7; in the second
19.5; and in the third 17.3.
During the first quarter of the year there were
registered 558 deaths; in the second quarter 384;
in the third quarter 362; and in the last quarter 394.