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parishioners who died in Hampstead during 1897 was 822, and to these
we must add tho deaths of 89 parishioners who died in institutions
outside our parish, making a grand total of 911.
The annual death-rate will be equal to a ratio of 11.6, being lower
than that for the preceding year, which was equivalent to 12, and also
again being vhe lowest recorded death-rate for the year of any parish
in the Metropolis. The death-rate for London corresponds to a rate of
18.2 per 1,000 of the population, the average death-rate in the previous
ten years having been 19.9, With the exception of the rate in the
year 1894, the rate in 1897 was the lowest hitherto recorded.
Mortality at different Ages.—The deaths of children under one year
of age were 193, or equal to 21.1 per cent. on total deaths, and to
13.3 per cent. on total births. At 65 years and upwards there were
276 deaths, and of these 56 died between 80 and 90 years of age, and
5 attained to 90 years and upwards.