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In St. George's, the marriage rate is exceptionally low, and the birth rate
is a great deal higher than in the rest of the Borough. The explanation is, that
there is more immigration of aliens into St. George's than anywhere else in
London. These immigrants as a rule consists of young married people, and
when they come into the district, they displace unmarried people, or married
people much older than themselves, and who have become too old to have
children. After remaining in St. George's for a few years, these people move
to other districts, and their place is taken by fresh aliens in a similar condition,
and of a similar age practically re-establishing the pre-existing conditions.
The consequence is, that before the children grow up, the families move to
other parts, and therefore no marriages occur in the district. This is also borne
out by the small number of people that die from old age in St. George's. In
the Limehouse district where the population is more stationary, the number of
old people that died in 1904 was nearly six times greater than in the St. George's
district.

The deaths therefore, including those of residents which occurred in Outlying
Institutions, but exclusive of those of non-residents which occurred in
Public Institutions situated in the Borough, numbered 5,943. This corresponds
to a death rate of 19.5 per 1,000.
1,350 occurred in the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 23.2 per
1,000,
1,086 occurred in the St. George's District, or at the rate of 21.4 per
1,000.