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BIRTHS AND DEATHS, 1896.
November was cool and moderately dry. On six days
fog prevailed. The minimum temperature was 26o.0;
maximum, 50.°0; mean 32°.4 About 21% of sunshine was
registered. The winds were N. and N.E.
December was overcast and gloomy. Minimum temperature
26o; maximum, 50o.5; mean, 40o.1. Rain fell on 13
out of 35 days to the extent of 2.56 inches. Although fog
was absent, yet the sunshine was so deficient that out of
278 hours of possible bright sunshine only 9 were received.
The winds were for the most part N.W. and S.W.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The number of births registered during the 53 weeks
ending December 26th, 1896, when all essential corrections
have been made, was 3,453. The number of deaths (corrected)
of parishioners was 3,164.
This gives a birth-rate of 24.0; a death-rate of 199 per
thousand.

The following is a statement of the average death-rates
of St. Marylebone and its sub-divisions for five years, viz.,
from 1891 to 1895 inclusive.

It therefore appears, from a comparison of the rates for
five years (1891-5) with those of 1896, that the latter were
below the average.