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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
fOR THE YEAR 1880-81.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present the Twenty-fifth Annual Report upon
the Public Health and Sanitary Condition of the Hamlet, for the year
ending March, 1881.
BIRTHS.
The births registered during the 52 weeks were 4117, compared
with 4298 and 4242 in the two previous years. They were most numerous
during the fourth, and least during the first quarter of the year.
The natural increase of population or excess of births over deaths
was 1841, showing a birth-rate of 37.42; the rate for the whole
metropolis being somewhat lower, viz.: 36.2.
The relative number of males and females born and the births
during each quarter are shown in Table I.
DEATHS.
The total deaths, 2276, show a decrease of 250, compared with
those registered during the previous year. The annual rate of mortality
per xooo population living in the Hamlet was 20.69, compared with
22.96 for the previous year, and 22.2 for the whole metropolis.