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Magdalen Districts, and the females slightly outnumbering
the males in St. James's District. For
the three districts, the population, calculated on
the basis adopted by the Registrar General, is as
follows:—Leather Market, 16,000; St. Mary
Magdalen, 15,640; St. James's, 58,900.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the parish
during the year was 3,200, being 148 less than in
the previous year, and 197 below the decennial
average. This is the lowest number of births
recorded in any year since 1867, when it was 3,119
in a smaller population. The male children numbered
1,621, and the female 1,579, being in the
proportion of 1,026 boys to 1,000 girls. The mean
number of births per week was 61.5, against 64 in
the previous year. One birth occurred among
every 28 persons in the parish. The annual birth
rate was 35.3 per thousand of the estimated
population, and 1.9 below the same rate in 1886.
The birth rate in London was 31.7 which is the
lowest rate recorded since 1849, and probably the
lowest since civil registration began. Since 1876
this rate has fallen continuously year by year.
As is usually the case, the first quarter of the
year was the most prolific. In that quarter the
births numbered 889, while in the three remaining
quarters they were respectively 751, 760 and 800.
In the Leather Market district there were 613
births: being 19.1 per cent. of the whole, and