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amount in the middle of 1877, 3,533,4 84. The
number of births registered in the year was 127,257,
the number of deaths 77,002. The birth rate, consequently
was 36.1 per 1,000, the death-rate 21.9.
In 1876 the birth-rate was 36.5, the death-rate 223.
For the five groups of districts into which
London is divided, it appears from the RegistrarGeneral's
Returns that the mortality per 1,000 was
for the Western group in 1876, 21.0, in 1877, 19.1;
for the Northern group, 21.4 in 1876, 21.8 in 1877;
for the Central group, 24.1 in both years ; tor the
Eastern group, 24.0 in 1876, 244 in 1877 ; and for
the Southern group, 22.1 in 1876, 21.3 in 1877.
Hence it would seem that the favourable aspect of
the Mortuary returns for the Metropolis is attributable
solely to the very low death-rates of the Western
and Southern districts.
The number of children born in the Parish of
Camberwell in the year 1877 was 5,522, of whom
2,809 were boys, 2,713 girls. Of the total number
96 were registered in Dulwich, 1,446 in Camberwell,
2,289 in Peckham, and 1,691 in St. George's. The
births exceeded those of the previous year by 246.
In Dulwich the returns were less by 2; in Camberwell