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chiefly at the beginning, the middle, or the end of
the period between one Census and the next, or
whether the change was progressive and uniform.
The latter is generally assumed to have been the
case in framing estimates of the population. At
the middle of the year 1890 the estimated population
was 84,835.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the parish
was 3,120, being 50 less than in the previous year
and 230 below the average of the last ten years.
The annual birth rate was 36.7 per thousand of the
estimated population The birth rate in London
was 29.1 per thousand.
In the Leather Market District there were 555
births, and the birth rate was 36.7; in St. Mary
Magdalen District, 651 births, corresponding to a
rate of 41.5; and in St. James's District 1,914
births, equalling a rate of 35.4.
The children born in the first quarter of the year
numbered 867; in the second quarter, 718; in the
third quarter, 737; and in the last quarter, 798.
The excess of births over deaths was 1,460, but
we are unable to consider this as indicating an increasing
population.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths from all causes
recorded in Bermondsey during the year (53 weeks)