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VITAL STATISTICS.
SUMMARY.—The principal facts of the Vital Statistics for the
year 1911 have been as follows :—
Census Population—April 2nd, 1911 87,976.
Registrar-General's Estimated Population—middle
of 1911 87,566.
Birth Rate 80.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate 19.4 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Infant Mortality 154 per 1,000 births.
Death Rate from Phthisis 1.81 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate from all forms of Tuberculosis
2.30 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death Rate from the seven Chief
Zymotic Diseases 3.38 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Matters of interest embodied in the present report are:—
The still declining birth-rate.
The lessened number of births—the lowest since the
Borough was incorporated.
The slight increase in the death rate.
A continued diminution in the death rate from phthisis.
The lessened number of deaths due to Diphtheria and Hooping
Cough.
The increase in the deaths due to Measles, Scarlet Fever
and Typhoid Fever.
The increased prevalence of the common infectious diseases.
The increased Infantile Mortality.
POPULATION.—The population of the Borough at the middle
of 1911 was estimated by the Registrar-General to be 87,566
allocated as follows :—
Clerkenwell 56,899
St. Luke 29,310
St. Sepulchre 1,357
87,566