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1875 was 3,445,100, an increase over the numbers of the previous
year of 44,459.
" The Registered Births were 122,871
The Registered Deaths were 81,513
Excess of Births over deaths . 41,358
" The hirths of males exceeded the births of females by 2,447;
and upon the other hand, the deaths of males exceeded the deaths of
females by 2,321 ; thus redressing the inequality at birth.
"The increase in the population in the years 1861-71 was chiefly
in the Outlying Districts, and the decrease in all the Central Districts
(of which St. Giles forms a part).
"Water Supply.—The water is supplied from the Thames, the
Lea, and wells chiefly in the chalk round London. 529,752 metric
tons of water were pumped into 518,558 houses and factories daily
at the rate of 368 metric tons a minute.
"weather.—The mean temperature of the year at Greenwich
was 49º.2. The rain-fall was 28.2 inches. The wind blew at the
rate of 11.5 miles an hour, which is nearly 1 mile over the average
of 26 years."
The annual Birth-rate per 1,000 for London in 1875 was 35.7.
The annual Death-rate per 1,000 for London in 1875 was 23.7.
The Birth-rate per 1,000 for St. Giles District in 1875 was 28.8.
The Death-rate per 1,000 for St. Giles District in 1875 was 23.6.
The Marriage-rate in St. Giles District.
Vital statistics are incomplete without the Marriage-rate. By
the courtesy of the Rectors of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St.
George, Bloomsbury, and the Registrar of Marriages for the
District, I am enabled to place before you the facts which give that
rate.