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was rather less than in either of the four previous years,
and that the birth-rate was also less, being only 23.48 per
1,000, as against 361 in London generally, and 37 in the
23 large towns of the United Kingdom (in which the rates
varied from 29.4 in Brighton to 42.6 in Birmingham).
On the other hand, the total number of deaths of children
under one year of age was only 309, and the percentage to
registered births only 14.45; both lower numbers than in
either of the four preceding years.
In London the percentage of deaths under one year
to registered births was 14.6, or, as usual, a little higher
than in this Parish, while it was lower in only one of the
"20 large English towns" mentioned by the RegistrarGeneral,
viz., Portsmouth, where it was 13.3.
The percentage of deaths under one year of age to the
gross total deaths was slightly greater than it was last year,
owing to the greater diminution in the number of deaths at
other ages; it was 17.87, whereas it was 24.09 in London
generally, and as high as 23.38 in the Western Districts.
Table III.
Year.
A.
B.
C.
Percentage to Gross Total
of Deaths.
Persons aged
sixty years and
npwards.
Violenoe.
Inquest
Cases.
A.
B.
C.
1874
445
76
93
26.95
4.60
5.6
1875
469
84
112
25.20
4.50
6.0
1876
455
108
148
24.36
5.78
7.9
1877
441
82
114
25.51
4.74
/
6.6
London.
1877
15,829
2,672
4,920
20.55
3.47
6.4