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Population of London—Census 1896.
The population in March, 1896, of Registration London is
given as 4,411,271. At the census of 1891 it was given as
4,211,743, and shows an increase therefore of 199,528, but is
14,463 less than the estimate which was in use by the
Registrar-General based upon the enumerations of 1881 and
1891.
The Health of London during 1896.
The returns issued by the Registrar-General giving the
number of deaths in each week last year show that 1896 was on
the whole exceptionally healthy. During the first quarter of
the year the death-rate was continuously below the average—
viz., 17.9 per 1,000 persons living. The death-rate in the
Metropolis continued below the average throughout the second
quarter of the year, with the exception of the week ending
April 11, when the excess over the average was only 17, the
death-rate during the quarter being 16.3.
The death-rate during the second quarter of the year 1896
was lower than that in the second quarter of any previous
year on record, with the sinsle exception of 1894, when the
death-rate did not exceed 15.8 per 1,000.
The deaths registered during the third quarter numbered
126,541, and were in the proportion of 16.3 deaths annually
per 1,000 persons living, the average rate in the ten preceding
third quarters having been 16.8.
During the fourth quarter of the year the death-rate
amounted to 17.9 per 1,000, the average rate in the ten preceding
quarters having been 18.5.
Health of England and Wales during 1896.
During the first quarter of the year the death-rate in
England and Wales among males was 18.8, and that among
females 17.0, both showing a decrease compared with the
averages in the ten preceding first quarters.