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From Table II. we see that the number of births in the
Parish still decreases, and that the birth-rate (corrected for
52 weeks) was only 17.49 per thousand per annum, being
the lowest yet recorded.
The birth-rate for London proper was 29.1, also the
lowest yet recorded, that of greater London being 29.5,
and that of the outer ring 30.9 (all for 53 weeks).
The average birth-rate of the 28 largest English Towns
was 30, or 1 per thousand lower than that of 1889, the
highest being those of Sunderland, 35.5; Preston, 36.7 ,
Cardiff, 38.7; and Newcastle, 39.8; and the lowest those
of Bradford, 25.6 : Nottingham, 24.9; Brighton, 23.2 ; and
Huddersfield, 22.6.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
registered in the Parish was 267 in the 53 weeks ; the percentage
of such deaths to registered births was 16.41
(which is the highest percentage yet recorded), and to
total deaths 13.44; thus the mortality of children under
one year of age was 164 to a thousand births, or 24 more
than in 1889, while in London generally it was 163; and
the average for the 28 largest English Towns was 172,
the highest being Liverpool, Sheffield, and Leicester with
195 each, Salford with 199, and Preston with 241 deaths of
children under one year of age to a thousand births.
The number of deaths of children (of Parishioners) was
251, or 15.73 percent of the registered births, and 19.15
per cent, of the corrected deaths.