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preceding year; 2,226 were registered in the sub-district
of St. Mary, and 695 in that of St. John ; the number
of male children being 1,497, and of female, 1,424.
The proportion of the sexes was 100 males to 95
females, the same as throughout the Metropolis. In
St. Mary's the proportion was 100 males to 97
females, and in St. John's 100 males to 90 females.
The births were most numerous in the first, and least
so in the fourth, quarter of the year. The ratio of births
to the entire population of the parish was 1 birth to
37 inhabitants, or a birth-rate of 26.7 per 1,000 of
the population. The birth-rate for London was 36.1.
In St. Mary's District, the ratio of births to the
population was 1 to 32 persons living, or a birth-rate
of 31.6 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In St. John's, the ratio of births to the population
was 1 to 56 persons living, or a birth rate of 17.9
per 1,000.

The birth-rate for 1877 was below that of any one
of the ten previous years. In St. John's, for reasons