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however great may have been the fluctuations of
the population, the general health and vitality of
the City during the year have been good.
The distribution of the births and deaths and
marriages among the people have been as follows:—
there were 24.6 births per 1,000 of the inhabitants,
21.1 deaths, and 13.4 marriages. In the preceding
ten years the annual averages were at the rate
of 26.7 births per 1,000, 23.2 deaths, and 13.4
marriages. For the whole of London the proportions
are 33.2 per 1,000 for the births, 24.4 for the
deaths, and only 9.5 for the marriages. In all
England the latter numbers are somewhat less; for
while the births are at the rate of 34 per 1,000 of
the population, the deaths are at the rate of 22.4,
and the marriages but 8.2. If, therefore, the City
presents an unfavourable appearance as regards the
small number of births, and its power of sustaining
the natural increase of the population, its aspect is remarkably
good in the large proportion of marriages,
which is the sign of its wealth and prosperity.
Of the 3,202 births in the year, 1,357 were registered
in the Eastern division of the City, 803 in
the Western, and 1,042 in the Central. These are
in the proportion cf 30.4 per 1,000 of the population
of the first division, 28.1 of the second, and
only 18.3 of the third. The last named distiict
is the centre of the City proper, and being the
locality of large trading establishments, it is