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was I,660—851 males and 809 females. The deaths
were 36 below the decennial average, and 180
above the number registered during the 52 weeks
of 1889.
The annual rate of mortality, calculated on the
deaths which took place in the parish was 19.6 per
thousand of the estimated population The deaths
in hospitals and asylums which are credited to our
parish were 386. This number is equal to a further
rate of 4.5. The death rate in London was 20.3.
The number of deaths registered in the first
quarter of the year was 443; in the second quarter,
357; in the third quarter, 386; and in the last
quarter, 474.
In the Leather Market District the deaths numbered
299, and the annual death rate was 19.8; in
St. Mary Magdalen District, the deaths were 417,
and the death rate, 26.6; and in St. James's district
the number of deaths was 944, and the corresponding
death rate, 17.4.
The number of deaths of children under one
year of age in the parish was 450, being in the
proportion of 144 per thousand registered births.
When the deaths in hospitals are included this
rate is raised to 152. In London the infantile
death rate was 163, and the mean rate in 28 great
towns was 172. This rate varied very considerably
in the different Registration districts, being 191 in
the Leather Market, 154 in St. Mary Magdalen, and
127 in St. James's.