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The 4.574 births were equal to an annual rate per 1,000 living of
35.0, being slightly in excess of that recorded in the three previous
ears.
The birth rate of the Metropolis was 29.4, and in the three
adjoining parishes the rates were : Kensington 20.8, Hammersmith
28.2, and Chelsea 24.7.
In the other sanitary districts the rates ranged from 12.2 in
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 14.9 in the, City of London, and 16.7 in
St. George, Hanover Square, to 37.7 in Mile End, 42.7 in St. Georgein-the-East,
and 44.4 in St. Luke.
Among the 32 large provincial towns the lowest rates were 23.0
in Huddersfield, 23.1 in Halifax, and 23.4 in Bradford; the highest
rates were 35.6 in Liverpool, 35.7 in Sunderland, and 36.6 in Gateshead
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The births of illegitimate children numbered 191 —101 males
and 90 females—forming 4.2 per cent, of the total births.
STILL-BORN CHILDREN.
185 still-born children were buried in Fulham Cemetery, being
in the proportion of one still-born child to every 24.7 living.