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the people find employment in the market gardens,
the com-fields, and the hop-grounds of the neighbouring
counties. At these times, their births,
deaths, and marriages are recorded elsewhere.
Of the 3,046 births in the year, 1,573 were boys
and 1,473 girls; and of the 2,726 deaths, 1,408
were males, and 1,318 females. There is nothing
remarkable in these numbers, for they closely
approximate the average proportions of former
years, and are not largely different from the average
proportions in the rest of England. In the
City, for example, there are 104 males born for
every 100 females; and there are nearly 109 male
deaths for every 100 female. In all England the
proportion of male births is about 105 for every
100 female, and of male deaths only 103 for
every 100 female. Male life is, therefore, sacrificed
in the City to a larger extent than in the rest
of the country; in the City proper, in fact, the
number of male deaths is 11 percent, more than
that of the female.
The ages at death are classified in Table IV.;
and you will observe that nearly 18 per cent, of all
the deaths occur among infants of less than one
year old; 38 per cent, are among children of less
than five years of age; 49 per cent., or nearly half
ate under 25 years of age; and only 16 per cent.