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STATISTICS OF LONDON.
The population of Registration London, in the
middle of the year 1890, was estimated by the
Registrar General at 4,421,661 persons. The
Census, which was taken on the 6th day of April,
1891, showed the number of inhabitants was then
4,211,056, being an increase of 395,51 2 on the
population of 1881, but falling short of the
estimated number by upwards of 210,000.
The marriages registered in London in the year
1890, numbered 36,753, and were in the proportion
of 8.3 marriages, or 16.6 persons married, per 1000
of the estimated population.
The registered births in the year numbered
130,690, being in the proportion of 29.1 annually
to 1,000 inhabitants. This is by far the lowest
birth rate as yet recorded in London, the rate
having fallen continuously year by year since 1879,
when it was 35.5 per 1000.
The deaths registered in London during the year
numbered 91,243, and corresponded to an annual
rate of 20.3 per 1000 of the estimated population.
This rate was higher than the rate in any of the five
next preceding years.
The principal diseases of the zymotic class caused
12,229 deaths, and the corresponding death rate
was 2.73 per 1,000.
The proportion of the deaths of children under
one year of age per 1,000 registered births was 163.