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The registered births exceeded the registered deaths by
479.
The deaths registered in the whole of the Metropolis
were in the proportion of 21.2 to 1,000 inhabitants, and 3.4
less than the rate for St. Giles District.
The Registrar General states that, "comparing the five
groups of Districts into which London is divided with each
other, the death.rate, as almost invariably is the case, was
lowest in the Western Districts, and highest in the overcrowded
and comparatively poor Eastern and Central
Districts ; whilst the Northern and Southern Districts held
an intermediate position."
The death.rate for England and Wales was 18.9 per
1,000.
Deaths of Infants and Young Children.
235 Infants died under 1 year of age, and 379 children
died before they reached 5 years of age. The following.
diseases caused the greatest fatality amongst them:—viz.,
bronchitis, 59 deaths ; atrophy and debility, 54 ; convulsions,
35; diarrhoea, 29; whooping.cough, 28; premature
birth, 22; measles, 20; hydrocephalus, or water on the
brain, 19 ; croup, 14 ; teething, 13 ; and pneumonia, 13.
Deaths of Old People.
243 persons died at 60 years and upwards, and
32 died at 80 years and upwards : the principal
causes of death were from bronchitis, heart disease, and
old age.