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3.4 per 1,000 of the inhabitants per annum,
instead of about 18 per 1,000, which is its actual
rate of growth: the natural increase for the whole
country is about 12 per 1,000 of the population.
Table I. also shows the influence of the seasons
on the birth-rate, the death-rate, and the number
of marriages. Winter is the season for the largest
number of births and deaths, and summer for
marriages; autumn being the zero for the two
former, and winter for the latter. This does not
accord entirely with the results for the rest of
England; for commonly autumn is the season for
the largest number of marriages, and summer for
the smallest.
In Table II. the births are classified in detail,
and a comparison is made with the birth-rate, male
and female, in each of the City districts for the last
ten years; from which it will appear that while the
birth-rate of the whole City has been about 29 2
per 1,000 of the inhabitants, that of the Eastern
Union has been 35.5, that of the Western 303,
and that of the Central or City proper only 22.9.
Again: the proportion of male to female births
is as 1784 to 1559, or as 114 to 100. This proportion
is larger than the decennial average for this
City (101 to 100), as well as for that of the whole
country (105 to 100).
In Table III. the deaths are classified in the
same manner as the births. They are arranged to