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per house in Bow, of 7.3 as against 7.6 for 1891, showing a slight
decrease in density as by the following table:—
Inhabited
Houses.
Population.
No. of Inhabitants
per House.
Bow 1871 3829 26,055 6.7
1881 5002 37.063 7.3
1891 5249 40,378 7.6
1893 5741 41,143 7.3
Vital Statistics—Births.
During the year 1893 the number of births registered in Bow were
males, 731, females, 673—1404, as against 1308 for 1892. The
excess of births over deaths in the parish was 434 as against 530 for
1892. The annual birth rate was 34.0 per 1000 of the population,
comparing with 32.1 per 1000 last year.
Vital Statistics—Deaths.
During the year 1893 the number of deaths recorded for the parish
of Bow was 970, as against 900 for 1892.
These deaths include those of inhabitants which occurred in outlying
institutions, and exclude those which occurred in the Grove
Hall Lunatic Asylum, these latter being 39.
The annual death rate for Bow was 23.5 per 1000 as against 22.1
for 1892, which is an increase of over 1 per 1000. Considering the
epidemics which have prevailed in London during the twelve months,
especially that of diphtheria, I do not think that the increase in the
death rate of the parish can be regarded as in any way showing the
existence of an abnormal state of things, and that it is merely the
ordinary fluctuation which will be noticed in a long period in
any area.
The following tables, prepared in accordance with the directions of
the Local Government Board, give the details of the various diseases,
and show which have been most and which have been the least fatal
in my district.