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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General gives the population of St. Marylebone,
estimated to mid-year, 1907, as 127,718.
At the census of 1901 the enumerated population was
133,301, so that there has been an estimated decrease during
the six years since then of 5,583. Owing to the want of
more frequent enumerations, this estimate has perforce to be
accepted, and statistics can only be given on the assumption that
it approaches precision. It is hoped that, at an early date,
definite means of checking this estimate will be available.
BIRTHS.
During the year 1907 there were 2,583 births registered,
namely, 1,349 of males, and 1,234 of females, a number equal to
a rate of 2o-2 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
In the several Registration Sub-districts, the birth-rates
were as under:—
All Souls 15.9
St. Mary 16.9
Christ Church 26.9
St. John 19.2
The average rate for the previous ten years is 22.3 per
thousand.
In England and Wales, taken as a whole, the birth-rate
during 1907 was 26.3, and in the 76 great towns it was 27 0.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths to be debited to the Borough
is 1931, equal to a death-rate of 15.1 per thousand. This figure
has been corrected by the inclusion of persons who, though
normally residents in the Borough, died in institutions outside,
and by the exclusion of persons who, though they died within the
Borough boundaries, were normally residents of other districts.
The average death-rate for the preceding 10 years is 17.6
and it may be noted that the rate for 1907 is, curiously enough,
exactly the same as that for the preceding year.
The death-rates in the several registration Sub-Districts
during 1907 were as under:—
All Souls 12.3
St. Mary13.7
Christ Church 18.3
St. John 16.0