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1,000 persons living. There were 3,383 Births registered in the
Parish of Saint Paul, and 268 in the Parish of Saint Nicholas.
Table No. 1 gives a statement of the Births and Deaths in
the two Parishes, and also shows the Deaths which occurred of
inhabitants of such two Parishes at Institutions outside those
Parishes.
DEATHS.
The number of Deaths registered in Saint Paul's Parish was
1,756, in Saint Nicholas Parish 147, in the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospital 312, and in the Outlying Institutions 413,
making a total of 2,628, being equivalent to an annual rate of
22.9 per 1,000 persons living.
The Death rate in the thirty-three great towns of England
and Wales, during the year, averaged 21.6 per 1,000 persons
living, whilst the Death rate for the Metropolis was 21.3 per 1,000.
Full details will be found on Tabular Forms Nos. 1 and 2,
and Table No. 3 gives the statistics of the Births and Deaths in
the two Parishes during the year, showing the number ot Deaths
which occurred at the Metropolitan Asylums Board's SouthEastern
Hospital and the Outlying Institutions.
Table No. 4 shows the Death rate in the two Parishes, from
from 1884 to 1893, both inclusive, the period during which I have
been Medical Officer of Health. This return excludes the
Deaths which occurred in the South-Eastern Hospital and in the
Outlying Institutions.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The total number of Births registered during the year