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upon the figures of previous years, especially upon
those of last year, when the mortality was exceptionally
low (167). The death-rate, however, was 151, and a
glance at the table given below will show that this is
our average death-rate. The death-rate for London
generally is 21.4 per 1,000, and the 28 towns is 22.3, so
that we have cause to congratulate the inhabitants of
this sub-district upon possessing a low mortality in spite
of adverse circumstances.
YEARS. Births. Birth-rate. Number of Deaths from all Causes. Death-rate. Rate of Natural Increase.
1872 279 284 144 14.6 14.0
1873 320 306 125 133 183
1874 290 27.8 156 150 128
1875 292 27.3 167 15.7 11. 6
1876 300 27.3 14.3 13.0 14.3
1877 351 31.1 17.0 15.0 16.0
1878 338 29.1 18.6 16.0 13.1
1879 327 27.4 17.9 15.0 12.2
1880 348 27.3 17.7 13.6 13.2
1881 340 25.5 16.7 12.5 12.9
1882 361 26.3 20.8 15.1 ll.l
The births exceeded the deaths by 163, which gives
a natural increase of the population of ll.l per 1,000.
The table which follows is, in an abridged form, the
same as that employed by the Registrar-General, and
also arranged according to the classification of diseases
drawn up the College of Physicians of London, for
use in certifying the causes of death. Some sub-classes,
which appeared to me unnecessary, have been omitted,
and others which I deemed useful in classifying the
causes of death, adopted.