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Marylebone 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, The Parish of ]

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BIRTHS AND DEATHS, 1895.
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A somewhat wet November followed, rain falling 16
days, to the aggregrate amount of 2.3 inches. Sunshine was
as usual deficient save in one week, when it rose to 30 per
cent. There was but little fog. The temperature ranged
from 3l°.8 to 63° and had a mean of 47°.6.
December was sunless save two consecutive days, on
each of which there were eight hours of bright sunshine.
The temperatures were moderate, ranging from 30° to 50°,
with a mean of 38°.6. On 14 days rain fell, the total rainfall
amounting to 376 inches.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The number of births registered during the 52 weeks
ending December 21st, 1895, when all essential corrections
have been made, Avas 3,535. The number of deaths (corrected)
of parishioners was 2,854.
This gives a birth-rate of 28.8; a death-rate of 20.0 per
thousand.
The birth and death rates for 1895 of the sub-districts
were as follows:—
All Souls birth-rate 19.2; death-rate 15.7
Rectory „ 26.3; ,, 22.3
St. Mary „ 25.3; ,, 21.4
Christ Church „ 27.2; „ 23.3
St. John „ 27.7; ,, 19.6
The following is a statement of the average death-rates
of St. Marylebone and its sub-divisions for five years viz.,
from 1890 to 1894 inclusive.
St. Marylebone birth-rate 24.7; death-rate 21.1
All Souls „ 13.6; „ 12.2
Rectory „ 27.1; „ 21.8
St. Mary „ 23.6; „ 22.0
Christ Church ,, 27.6; „ 24.5
St. John „ 25.4; ,, 20.7
It therefore appears, from a comparison of the rates for
five years (1890-1894) with those of 1895, that the latter
year was about the average.