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BIRTHS.
The number of births registered for the whole District
(which includes the united Parish of St. Olave and St. Thomas
and that of St. John), for the 52 weeks ending December
31st, 1898, was 357. Of this total, 169 were male children
and 188 female children. This gives a birth-rate of 31.7 per
thousand of the population. The birth-rates for the five preceding
years were 37.9, 35.9, 32.9, 33.2, 32, and the birthrate
for Registration London for the year was 29.5, the
lowest London birth-rate recorded.
DEATH S.
The deaths registered in the 52 weeks ending 31st
December, 1898, as having occurred in the District were 828;
650 of these took place at Guy's Hospital, this number
including only 25 deaths of parishioners, 625 belonging to
other Districts. At the Parish Street Workhouse there were
39 deaths, only four of these belonging to the District.
Twelve bodies were found in the Thames, all uon-parishioners.
Two non-parishioners died in the District.
The deaths of 68 parishioners were returned from
outlying public institutions.
Thus the number of deaths of persons belonging to the
District was 222.
The corrected annual death-rate was 19.7 per thousand.
The corresponding death-rate for London for the year
was 18.3.