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Deaths
Males 40,337
Females 38,511
Persons 78,848
Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000
Males 20.1
Females 17.1
Persons 18.5
Excess of Registered Births over Deaths 52,232
Estimated increase of Population 68,273
The year 1888, as has been the case for several immediately
previous years, was a year of remarkably low rates.
The Marriages registered in London were in the proportion of
16.1 persons married to 1000 of the population. This is the lowest
marriage rate as yet recorded.
The Births registered in London were in the proportion of 30.7
per 1000 inhabitants. This rate is the lowest since 1841, when it
was 30.4
The Deaths registered in the year corresponded to an annual
rate of 18.5 per 1000, which is far the lowest rate as yet recorded
in London.
I have again to notice the remarkable accuracy shown by the
statistical department at Somerset House, in the statement of
births and deaths for the Whitechapel District. The former are
within 1, and the latter within 16 of being correct. Probably the
slight error has arisen from lack of accurate knowledge of our
boundaries. There is no correct map of the Whitechapel District
now in our possession, so to meet this want to a certain extent, I
have prefaced the Appendix of the present Report by a detailed
list of the Streets, &c., within your jurisdiction, arranged so that
any house may be known readily, either to be or not to be, withir
that area.