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The birth-rate for London proper was 31.8, or 1 per
thousand higher than the corrected rate for 1890, that of
greater London being 31.7, and that of the outer ring 31.2.
The average birth-rate of the 28 largest English towns
was 32.6, or 2.6 per thousand higher than that of 1890,
the highest being those of Preston, 36.0; Salford, 36.4;
Cardiff, 36.5; Sheffield, 36.6; and Sunderland, 37.8; and
the lowest those of Bradford, 28.7; Brighton, 26.3; Halifax,
26.2; and Hudderstield, 24.4.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
(Parishioners; see Table IX.) was 216; the percentage of
such deaths to registered births was 13.41, and to total
deaths of Parishioners, 16.45; thus the mortality of
children under one year of age was 134 to a thousand
births, or 30 less than in 1890, while in London generally
it was 154, and the average for the 28 largest English
towns was 167, the highest being Blackburn with 204,
Leicester with 214, and Preston with 227 deaths of children
under one year of age to a thousand births.