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Births.
There were 131,999 children born in the administrative county of London in the year 1892,
giving a birth rate of 30 9 per 1,000 living. The birth rate since 1870 has been as follows—
1871 34.5
1872 35.6
1873 35.3
1874 35.6
1875 35.4
1876 35.9
1877 35.6
1878 35.5
1879 35.5
1880 35.3
1881 34.7
1882 34.5
1883 34.5
1884 34.3
1885 33.4
1886 33.4
1887 32.9
1888 32.1
1889 31.9
1890 30.7
1891 31.9
1892 30.9
The fall in the London birth rate has been shared by that of England, the birth rate
in the period 1871-80 having ranged between 342 and 36.3; in the period 1881-90, between
30.2 and 33.9; and having been in 1891, 31.4, and in 1892, 30.4. The number of illegitimate births
in London in 1892 was 3.7 per cent. of the total births, and in England 4.2 per cent.
The accompanying diagram (II.) shows the excess and defect of the birth rate in relation to the
average birth rate of the years 1851-1892.

* The number of births in this table has been obtained by adding the births in each registration subdistrict.
Probably a small correction is necessary in the case of Lewisham and Plumstead, as a small portion
of Lewisham Sanitary District is included in Plumstead Registration District.