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BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
9
December Quarter.
October was moderate in temperature, the minimum
being 38°.0, the maximum, 68°, and the mean,
54°.7. On nine days 1.7 inch of rain fell. The third
week was sunless; during the rest of the month the
sunshine varied from 7 to 33 per cent. The winds
were for the most part W.S.W.
November was wet, with strong westerly winds.
The minimum temperature was 36°.5; maximum,
60°.0; mean, 45°.7. On nine days 1.99 inch of rain
fell. There was but little fog. Two out of the four
weeks were sunless; during the other two the sunshine
in Regent's Park varied from 7 to 28.5 per cent.
December was mild and snowless. Minimum
temperature, 31°.0; maximum, 56°.5; mean, 46°.4.
On 13 days more or less rain fell (2.18 inches). There
was little fog. The winds were westerly. Frost was
practically absent. Sunshine was above the average.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The number of births registered dining the 52
weeks ending December 24th, 1898, when all essential
corrections have been made, was 3,199.
The number of deaths (corrected) of parishioners
was 2,603. This gives a birth-rate of 22.6, a death-rate
of 18.4 per thousand. The birth and death rates for
1898 of the sub-districts were as follows:—
All Souls, birth-rate 18.0; death-rate 15.2.
Rectory, birth-rate 22.0; death-rate 22.8.
St. Mary, birth-rate 24.3; death-rate 19.4.
Christ Church, birth-rate 24.5; death-rate 19.6.
St. John, birth-rate 25.2; death-rate 17.5.
The following is a statement of the average birth
and death rates of St. Marylebone, and its subdivisions,
for five years, viz., from 1892 to 1897:—