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average proportion has been 26.2 per 1,000 of the
population, and in the whole of the metropolis, as
well as in England generally, the proportion is
33.3 per 1,000. The birth-rate in the City, therefore,
is below the average, and it is still declining.
The 2,673 deaths in the year comprised 1,373
males, and 1,300 females; and they were registered
as follows:— 1,039 in the Eastern Union, 733 in
the Western, and 901 in the City proper. These
numbers are at the rate of 25.1 per 1,000 of the
inhabitants of the first-named union, 27.4 of the
second, and nearly 19.4 for the third—the general
average for the entire City being 23.3. In the
preceding ten years the averages were 26.2 per
1,000 for the Eastern Union, 27.5 for the Western,
and 19.7 for the Central—making a total of 23.8
for the whole City. In all England the mortality
is at the rate of 22.2 per 1,000 of the population;
and in the districts of the chief towns it is 24.1,
while in the rural districts it is only 19.9. It is
evident, therefore, that the mortality in the Eastern
and Western Divisions of the City is excessive,
although the general death-rate for the whole City
is less than that of the town districts of England,
and somewhat less than the average of former
years. Looking, however, at the many circumstances
which influence the mortality in our large