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REPORT
RELATING TO
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE HOLBORN
DISTRICT, LONDON.
FOR THE YEAR 1894.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE HOLBORN
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
As regards the vital statistics of London, the year 1894 was a year
of lower birth-rate and lower death-rate than the preceding year. The
marriage-rate was slightly lower than that of last year, which was the
lowest on record.
The marriages celebrated in London in 1894 numbered 36,902, in an
estimated population of 4,349,166, giving a proportion of 17.0 persons
married to 1000 inhabitants. This was 0.4 and 0.2 below the rate in the
two immediately preceding years respectively, when it was 17.4 and 17.2 per
1000.
The births registered in London in 1894 (52 weeks) numbered 130,552,
giving the proportion of 30.1 births in the year to 1000 inhabitants. This
is the lowest rate of birth for London in any year on record. In 1876 the
rate was 35.9, but from that date it has fallen continuously year by year. The
excess of births over deaths, or the natural increment of the population,
was 53,514, whereas it had averaged 44,850 annually in the five immediately
preceding years.
The deaths registered in 1894 (52 weeks) numbered 77,039, and corresponded
to an annual rate of 17.76 per 1000. This rate was lower by 2.67
than the average rate in the previous ten years.