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hitting against another (ball), and rebounding
striking him in the forehead"-(Inquest.)]
The number of children born in the City
(see table B) was 520, the Birth Rate, therefore,
was 14.9 per 1,000, the lowest in the
Metropolis: St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, the
next lowest, being 17.0.
Of the births 410 were successfully vaccinated,
2 were insusceptible, 44 died before the
age for vaccination, 17 were postponed by
Medical Certificate, 42 removed into other
districts and were lost sight of, and 5 were
still pending at the end of the year.
During the same period a number of adults,
&c., were revaccinated.
The Birth Rate for the whole of London
is given as 30.1.
The following tables A and B are compiled
in accordance with the requirements of the
Local Government Board, upon the form
prescribed by that Department.