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parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 34.7 per 1,000, corresponds
to the rate of last year.
The birth-rate of St Giles-in-the-Fields, 15.1 per 1,000
higher than the rate for St. George, Bloomsbury, may again
be accounted for by the number of births registered in
South St. Giles from the British Lying-in Hospital, Endell
Street, and the Peabody Buildings, Great Wild Street,
where in this block alone the birth-rate for the past year
was as high as 39.5 per 1,000.
The total registered births were 210 in excess of the
registered (corrected) deaths.
In Registration London there were 131,535 births,
corresponding to an annual birth-rate of 30.9 per 1,000.
The Registrar-General states, "that this is the lowest birthrate
as yet recorded in London, with the single exception of
the year 1890, when the rate was only 30.7." The natural
excess of births over deaths was 43.786.
In England and Wales 897,270 births were registered,
the natural increase of population by excess of births over
deaths was 338,180 against an average increase in the
previous five years of 345,196.
The birth-rate was 30.5 per 1,000 living, a rate lower
than that recorded in any previous year excepting 1890,
and 1.7 per 1,000 below the mean rate in the ten years
1882-91.