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George's to 3.3; in Camberwell to 4.3 ; in Peckham to 6.1;
and for the Parish generally to 4.5.
Tables XIX. and XX. give the details of the returns of
births and deaths for the year, arranged both according to
districts and according to seasons. They also include the
enumeration of deaths according to age and to disease.
The births, as I have already shewn, were more
numerous than those of 1889 by 37, and the deaths were
more numerous by no less than 562. I may again point
out, however, that the last year includes 53 weeks against
52 in the previous year; and, that in order that the comparison
may be strictly fair, l-53rd of the total number
should be deducted from the returns of 1890. If this be
done, the births will become 7,160 instead of 7,298, and the
deaths 4,436 instead of 4,521; and consequently the births
instead of being more numerous will be fewer than those of
the previous year by 101, and the deaths will exceed those
of 1889 by 477 only.
The influence of season over the mortality is shown
very strikingly in the returns. Thus, of the total deaths
for the year, 1,320 occurred in the first quarter, 838 in the
second quarter, 959 in the third quarter, and 1,404 in the
last quarter. The unusually heavy mortality of the first
quarter was no doubt largely due to influenza, although this
does not appear by name largely in the returns; the also
unusually heavy mortality of the last quarter was mainly
due to the inclemency of the weather that then prevailed.
The mortality of infants was very heavy, the number