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STATISTICS OF LONDON.
The population at the middle of the year 1887
was 4,215,192 persons, of whom 1,985,270 were
males, and 2,229,922 females. The estimated
increase during the year was 67,194, of which
50,867 arose from the excess of births over the
deaths, and 16,327 from the influx of persons from
the country and from abroad.
The marriages celebrated in London were 34,193
in number, giving a proportion of 16.2 persons
married to each 1,000 of the population. This is
the lowest marriage rate yet recorded in London.
The same statement has been made year by year
during the last five years.
The registered births numbered 133,075: males,
67,481; females, 65,594. The births were in the
proportion of 31.7 to 1,000 inhabitants. This is
the lowest rate since civil registration began.
The deaths registered in the year numbered
82,208, of which 42,105 were males, and 40,103
females. The annual rate of mortality was 19.6
per 1,000 The male death rate being 21.3, and
the female death rate 18.0.
The deaths from Measles, Diarrhoea and Diphtheria
exceeded the average, while those from
Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough and Fever were
below it.
The death rates in the groups of districts were:
West, 19.0; North, 17.8; Central, 26.0; East,
22.5; South, 18.6.