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and 1 in Evelina Hospital, 1 in Cane Hill Asylum, 1
in Parish Street Workhouse, and 4 in Rotherhithe
Infirmary.
The lowest temperature of each day in the week
ending February 2nd, showed 10 degrees of frost,
and on February 2nd, 13. Snow fell on January
30th, 31st, and February 2nd.
February 25th, 1895.
In the week ending February 16th, the number of
births registered in the parish was 66, and the
number of deaths 36. These figures correspond
to an annual birth rate of 40.5, and an annual rate of
mortality of 22.1 per thousand of the estimated
population. The death rate in London was 29.3.
In the previous three weeks the London death rate
had been 17.6, 19.0, and 21.0.
The increase in this rate was due to deaths from
diseases of the respiratory organs which exceeded
the corrected average by 382.
In the week ending February 23rd, 59 births and
40 deaths were recorded in Bermondsey, indicating
an annual birth rate of 36.1, and a death rate of 24.6.