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Births.
The Births registered in the Parish during the year numbered
1,814 923 being boys and 891 girls. Of the total number 580
were born in the City of London Lying-in Hospital, but as only
52 of the mothers were permanent residents in the Parish of
St. Luke, a deduction of 528 from the total number has to be
made, leaving 1,286 the actual figures which represent the births
to be credited to the Parish, and, after allotting 52 to the
respective districts in which the parents resided, the births of
the several sub-districts were as follows
In the City Road Sub-Registration District there were 1,022;
in the Whitecross Street Sub-Registration District 202, and
in the Finsbury Sub-Registration District 62.
In relation to the estimated population the Births per 1,000
were—
For the whole Parish 32.31
City Eoad Sub-Registration District 34.65
Whitecross Street „ „ 29.62
Finsbury ,, „ 17.79
The number of births in excess of deaths during the year
1900 amounted to 211.
The number of births registered in London during the year
amounted to 130,868, giving a birth rate of 28'6 per 1,000 of
the population, and forms the lowest birth rate in London ever
recorded, nevertheless the number of births over deaths was
44,861, the average for the previous ten years having been
46,572 per annum.
Deaths.
The Deaths from all causes, registered during the year,
belonging to St. Luke numbered 1,075, including 485 parishioners
who died in institutions outside the Parish, but exclusive
of 95 non-parishioners who died within our parochial boundary.
Of the 1,075 582 were males and 493 were females, a number
which yeilds upon the estimated population a Death-rate equal
to 27.00 per 1,000 persons living, and 1.44 less than the preceding
year, when the rate stood at 28.44 per 1,000.