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the deaths, whilst in the Brompton sub-district the excess, of
births over deaths was to the number of 59 only: excess,
whole parish, 835. The excess of births over deaths in the
whole of London was 48,496.
Births and Birth-Rate in the Sanitary Districts.
The births in North Kensington, i.e., the part of the parish
north of Holland-park-avenue and High-street, Notting-hill,
were 2,561, and the birth-rate 29.3 per 1,000 persons living.
The births in South Kensington, i.e., the part of the parish south
of these streets, were 1,072 and the birth-rate 12.7 per 1,000.
The birth-rate in the several sanitary districts was as follows :—
North 1,065 births, or 31.9 per 1,000 persons living.
North-East 575 births, or 19.3 per 1,000 persons living.
North-West 652 births, or 38.7 per 1,000 petsons living.
Central 577 births, or 21.2 per 1,000 persons living.
South-East 345 births, or 10.7 per 1 000 persons living.
South-West 419 births, or 13.1 per 1,000 persons living.
The high birth-rate in the north-west district is sug—
gestive of an under estimate of the population which, however,
is based upon the census taken in March, 1896. The excess
of births over deaths in the several sanitary districts, was as
follows : In the North, 381; the North-East, 138; the NorthWest,
130; the Central, 128; the South-East, 67. In the
South-West district the deaths exceeded the births to the
number of nine. In North Kensington the births exceeded
the deaths by 725 ; the excess of births in South Kensington
being to the number of 110 only.
The registered births of illegitimate children in the parish,
as a whole, were, as already stated, 182 (12 fewer than in
1897) viz., males 99, and females 83. Of these births 167
were registered in the Town sub-district, which includes the
workhouse, at which institution out of 128 births (males 67,