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showing a birth rate of 38.0 per 1,000
inhabitants. In St. Mary Magdalen District the
births numbered 589, and the birth rate was 37.6.
In St. James's district 1,998 children were born, or
62.4 per cent. of the total births. The birth rate
in the last-named district was only 33.9 per 1,000
residents. In comparison with the previous year
there was a decline in the number of births in
each of the three districts.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths from all causes
registered in the Parish during the year was 1,731,
of which 867 were males and 864 females. This
number exceeds that of the previous year by 33,
but falls short of the decennial average by 67.
The annual rate of mortality was 19.1 per
1,000 of the estimated population, or in the
proportion of one death to every 52 persons living.
The average weekly number of deaths was 33.3.
The ratio of deaths to births was 100 to 196.
The London death rate was 19.6, being the
lowest on record, although the rates of the two
preceding years had been nearly equally low.
The number of deaths recorded in the Leather
Market District was 339, or 19.5 per cent. of the
whole, and equal to a death rate of 21.2 per
1,000 living. The deaths in the St. Mary
Magdalen District were 386, or 22.2 per cent., and
equal to a death rate of 24.6. In the Workhouse,
which is situated in this district, there were 69
deaths; exclusive of these, the death rate was 20.2.