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between 45 and 55, 5 between 55 and 65, as many as 7 between
65 and 75, and 1 above 75 years of age. These figures show
the inability of the aged to resist the disease, as compared with
the young, and females also were attacked, or certainly
succumbed to a greater extent than males, viz., 24 of the
former to 7 of the latter.
Statistics.—The population on July 1, 1890, as shown in
Table 1, was calculated at 248,619 persons, which is a smaller
number than would have been given, if the same rate of
increase had been continued for this decade as for 1871-81.
The statistics of assessments lately issued by the Trustee Board
show that the increase during the last 5 years in the number of
inhabited houses has not been nearly equal to that in 1881-86,
so that I have made my calculations accordingly. The census
to be soon published will show the correctness, or the contrary,
of the number assigned above. The number of births registered
was only 6,730, although it included the returns for 53 weeks.
In 1889 the number was 6,674 in 52 weeks. The table shows
that the number has fallen off since 1887, although the population
has increased, but the same remark applies to all London.
The corrected number of deaths was considerably larger than
for 1889, having been 4,070 against 3,352. This increase
occurred chiefly in January, February, and December, when the
mortality from inflammatory diseases of the lungs was very
large. This will be referred to again in connection with the
meteorology of the year. The deaths under 1 year amounted to
902 against 715 in 1889, and against 851 for the 10 years
1880-89. The number of persons to an acre has increased from
46 2 in 1880 to 63 2 in 1890, so that an increased death-rate
from this cause only might have been expected.