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The birth rate is 3.5 per 1,000 more than that of London as
a whole. The biVth rate for 1899 was a trifle higher than that
for 1898 ; otherwise it has been regularly declining since 1895.
In 1895 the birth rate was 35.5 per 1,000 of the population.
„ 1896 ,, 34.6 „ „
„ 1897 „ 34.1 „ „
„ 1898 „ 32.5 „ „
„ 1899 „ 328 „ „
MARRIAGES.— The marriages during the year numbered
422. The annual average for the last ten years was 410. The
proportion of persons married was 14.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The proportion of persons married in the whole of
London was 18.4 per 1,000.
DEATHS.— The registered deaths exclusive of those nonresidents
which occurred in the Public Institutions situated in
the District, but inclusive of those residents which occurred in
outlying Institutions, numbered 1,500. This corresponds to a
death rate of 25.5 per 1,000, or exactly the same as the average
for the last ten years. The death rate for the whole of London
was 19.7 per 1,000 of the population.
These deaths were distributed over the District as
follows: —
Limehouse 532
Ratcliff 238
Shadwell and Wapping 170
East London Children's Hospital 253
1193
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons
belonging thereto 491
1684
Deduct deaths occurring within the District among
persons not belonging thereto 184
1500