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The death rate in the "Outer Ring" of Suburban Districts,
with a population slightly exceeding a million persons, "did not
exceed 17.5, and corresponded with the rate in the preceding
year."
The rate in twenty.seven large towns, excluding London,
having an aggregate population over 4f millions, was 20.1, ranging
between 17.1 in Brighton, and 27.1 in Preston.
In twenty.two of the largest European cities, having an
estimated population of above ten millions of persons, the mean
rate of mortality was 25.7 per 1,000, which exceeded by 5.7 the
mean rate in the twenty-eight great English towns dealt with in
the Registrar.General's Annual Summary. "The lowest death
rates were 20.4 in Copenhagen, 20'7 in Geneva, 21.1 in Chris.
tiania, and 21.6 in Brussels; the rates in the other towns ranged
upwards to 29.4 in St. Petersburg and Buda.Pesth, 29.8 in
Venice, 30.0 in Breslau, 30.3 in Trieste, and 32.0 in Prague.
The rate of mortality in Paris was 23.5 against rates ranging
between 28.6 and 25.5 in the four preceding years; it exceeded
the rate in London by 3.8.
Having premised so much by way of general introduction, it
will be well, before proceeding to deal with the statistics of our
own parish, to say a few words with respect to the
REGISTRATION DISTRICT AND SUB.DISTRICTS,
in which we are locally interested.
" Kensington," prior to 1st January, 1885, was the title of a
Registration District, No. 1 on the Registrar.General's list, constituted
by the parishes of Kensington and Paddington. Since
that date the parish of Kensington has been constituted a Registration
District, and is numbered 1b. It comprises 2,190 acres
according to the Registrar.General; but in your Vestry's annual
Report the area is stated to be 2,245 acres. In 1871 the
enumerated houses were 15,735, in 1881 20,103; increase 4,368.
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