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last census. On the 1st September the Leather
Market and St. Mary Magdalen Districts were
amalgamated. The number of inhabitants in that
portion of the parish is estimated at 30,600.
In St. James' District there are probably 54,000
persons, making a total for Bermondsey of 84,600.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the
parish was 3,095, being 94 less than in the previous
year. In the Leather Market District there were
1,191 births and in St. James' 1,904. The number
of children born in the first quarter of the year was
188; in the second quarter 730; in the third
quarter 713 ; and in the last quarter 834.
The annual birth rate per thousand of the
estimated population in the Leather Market District
was 38.9; in St. James' District 35.2; and for the
whole Parish 36.5.
The birth rate in London was 30.1, being the
lowest on record.
DEATHS.
The deaths from all causes recorded in Bermondsey
numbered 1,305, and of parishioners in outlying
institutions 429, making a total of 1,734. In the