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9
December Quarter.
October was a cool, damp month, with a few morning
fogs. There were 13 rainy days, giving a total rainfall of
2.31 inches. Sunshine varied from 3 to 29.7 per cent.
Minimum temperature 34°.0 ; maximum 66°.0 ; mean 49°.2.
The first part of the month was wet, the latter part dry
and foggy. There were 10 days of heavy rain, giving a
rainfall of 4.53 inches. The sunshine attained a maximum
of 21.6 per cent. Minimum temperature 33°.9; maximum
61°.0 ; mean 47°.1.
December was cold, foggy, and almost sunless. There
were nine rainy days, with some snow, giving a rainfall of
0.69 inch. Minimum temperature 22°.0 ; maximum 54°.0 ;
mean 38°.9.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The number of births registered during the 52 weeks
ending December 23rd, 1899, when all essential corrections
have been made, was 3,106.
The number of deaths (corrected) of parishioners was
2,576. This gives a birth-rate of 22 0, a death-rate of 18"2
per thousand. The birth and death rates for 1899 of the
• sub-districts were as follows : —
All Souls, birth-rate 17 6; death rate 138.
Rectory, birth-rate 21.4 ; death-rate 24.9.
St. Mary, birth-rate 22.9 ; death-rate 20.5.
Christ Church, birth-rate 23.5 : death-rate 18.7.
St. John, birth-rate 25.2; death-rate 18.2.
The following is a statement of the average birth and
death rates of St. Marylebone, and its subdivisions, for five
years, viz., from 1893 to 1898 :—
All Souls, birth-rate 15.3 ; death-rate 10.4.
Rectory, birth-rate 24.8 ; death-rate 23.8.
St. Mary, birth-rate 23.5; death-rate 19.0.
Christ Church birth-rate 26.2 ; death-rate 21.8.
St. John, birth rate 26.2; death-rate 19.6.
St. Marylebone, birth-rate 23.9 ; death-rate 20.1.