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habited by the young of both sexes who have not
yet settled in life, and therefore the small proportion
of births. No where, however, except in the
North-west division of the City Union have the
births been less in number than the deaths. In the
whole of the City the proportion has been 1,166
births to every 1,000 deaths, and in the several
Unions it has ranged from 1,315 to 1,067 births to
1,000 deaths. The first is the proportion of the
Eastern Union where the population is the poorest
and the densest, and the second is that of the City
proper, which is the centre of industry.
The number of births among women between the
ages of 15 and 45 is much less in the City than in
the whole of England. Here, the proportions
range from 67 in the 1,000 to 131, the average
being 99 5, whereas in all England there are about
145 births to every 1,000 child-bearing women.
The smallest proportions in the City are in the
Central Union, where they average but 78 in the
1,000, and the largest are in the Eastern districts,
where they range from 120 to 131 per 1,000.
The number of illegitimate births registered in
the City is remarkably small—it averages but 116
in the year—last year it was but 100. This is in
the proportion of about 33 per 1,000 of all the
births, whereas in the rest of London it amounts to
rather moi*e than 40 per 1,000, and in all England
it is about 65 per 1,000. In many of the rural