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previous years, and equivalent to an annual rate of 33.5 per 1,000
persons living. The Birth Rate for London, during the same
period, was 30.2, and for the thirty-three great towns 30.7.
There were 3,560 births registered in the Parish of Saint
Paul (1,834 males, and 1,726 females), and 303 in Saint Nicholas(165
males, and 138 females).
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered in Saint Paul's Parish was
1,580, in Saint Nicholas Parish 171, in the South-Eastern Metropolitan
Asylum Board's Hospital 288, and in outlying public
institutions 447, making a total of 2,486.
Of the 288 deaths registered as occurring in the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's South-Eastern Hospital, 258 were of persons not
residing in Deptford but who had been taken to the Hospital from
other parts of the Metropolis. If these deaths are deducted from
the gross number occurring in my district, it makes the number of
deaths of parishioners only—including those dying in outlying
public institutions—2,228, equivalent to an annual Death Rate of
19.4 per 1,000 persons living.
The Death Rate in the thirty-three great towns of England
and Wales during the year averaged 18.9 per 1,000 persons living,
whilst the Death Rate for the Metropolis was 18.6 per 1,000;
that for Saint Paul's Parish, including all Parishioners whether
dying in or out of the parish, 18.7, and for Saint Nicholas
Parish 28.1.
Full details will be found in Tabular Forms Nos. 1 and 2,
and Table No. 2 gives the Statistics of the births and deaths in
the two parishes during the year, showing the number of deaths