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ending December 31st, 1893, was 3,651 (1871 males and
1,780 females), being an excess of 1,748 of the deaths, excluding
the South-Eastern Hospital and Outlying Public Institutions; the
births being equivalent to an annual rate of 31.0 per 1,000 persons
living, that of London being 30.9 per 1,000. There were 3,383
births registered in the Parish of Saint Paul, and 268 in the Parish
of St. Nicholas, Deptford. Table No. 5 gives a comparative
statement of the births and deaths in the two Parishes.
INFANT MORTALITY.
The deaths of young children always bear a high ratio to the
total deaths; out of a total of 2,628 deaths registered during the
year there were 638 infants under one year of age, being an
increase over previous years.
Infantile Mortality, measured by the proportions of deaths
under one year of age to registered births, was equal to 172 per
1,000, as compared with 159 per 1,000 for the previous year. In
the thirty-three large towns of England, the rate of Infantile
Mortality last year averaged 181 per 1,000.
MORTALITY AT GROUPS OF AGES.
The 2,628 deaths last year, included 1,199 of children under
five years of age, or nearly one half the total deaths. The deaths
of 172 children occurred between the ages of 5 and 10; 231 of
persons between 10 and 30 years; 713 were of persons aged
between 30 and 70; and 312 were of persons aged upwards of
70.
THE ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases show a considerable
increase over previous years. This year there were