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You will perceive that Limehouse has gained in population to
the extent of 2,085 persons, while Ratcliff has lost 168, and
Shadwell and Wapping 1,107. The nett gain to the District is,
therefore, 810 persons. The number of inhabited houses has also
increased, and in a greater ratio than the people, for while in 1871
there were 7,816 inhabited houses, giving an average of 7.5 persons
to a house, there were, in 1881, 8,012 inhabited houses, which
indicates but 7.3 persons to a house. The area, in acres, of the
District being 576, it follows that the density of the population
is rather more than 100 persons to an acre. In the Metropolis the
number of persons to a house is 7.8, and to an acre 42.
The Birth rate for the year was 38 per 1,000, being nearly
3 per 1,000 above the average of the last ten years.
The Death rate was 26.2 per 1,000, and exceeded the average
of the last ten years by 3 per 1000, and the rate of last year by
.3 per 1000.
The Death rate of the Metropolis was 22.2 per 1,000.
The Deaths of Children under one year amounted to 24 per
cent. of the total deaths, being 2.6 below the average of the last
ten years.
The per-centage of deaths of Children under one year to
registered births was 17.