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diarrhoea were the same in number as last year, and
the mortality from this cause was much below the
average, a circumstance which was probably due to
the occurrence of a cool summer. Diphtheria, I
regret to observe, exhibited a tendency to increased
fatality. This was more marked in the deaths
recorded in public institutions than in the number
which took place within the boundaries of the Parish.
The excess of births over deaths was 1,645, but
notwithstanding this, we must regard the existing
population as practically stationary, if not slowly
declining. At the census which was taken in 1891,
the population of the Leather Market District was
14,999; that of St. Mary Magdalen, 15,661, and
that of St. James' District, 54,028 ; making a total
for the whole Parish of 84,688. These figures are
those which the Registrar General still uses.
BIRTHS.
The number of births recorded in the Parish was
3,177, being 23 fewer than in the previous year,
and 96 below the decennial average. The annual
birth-rate was 37.5 per thousand of the estimated
population. The same rate in London was 30.9.
The births in the Leather Market District numbered
601, corresponding to a birth-rate of 40.0;
in St. Mary Magdalen District there were 645 births,
being equal to a rate of 41.1, and in St. James'
District 1,931, showing a rate of 35.7 per thousand
inhabitants.
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