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same as in 1877. The birth-rate was 23.91 per thousand of
the population. It must be remembered that the birth-rates
for previous years are all given rather too low for the reason
already stated. The birth-rate in London was 36.2, in
Greater London 35.8, and in the Outer Ring 32.3.
The average birth-rate of the large towns of the United
Kingdom was 36.1, the highest being those of Birmingham
38.6, and Salford 38.4, and the lowest that of Brighton 30.0.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age,
310, was 12 more than in the 53 weeks of 1879, and almost
exactly the same as in 1877 and 1878, in each of which years
it was 309; the percentage of such deaths to the registered
births was almost the same as in 1877, but greater than in
1878 or 1879, while the percentage of these deaths to the
total deaths, though greater than in either of the two previous
years, was less than in 1877.
The mortality of children under one year of age is seen to
be almost exactly 145 deaths to 1,000 births; this is lower
than that in any of the large towns, the nearest being Bristol
146, and Portsmouth 148; that of London is 158; and the
highest, those of Norwich 214 and Leicester 219; the average
of the 20 large towns being 169.