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The death-rate in London last year, 19.7 per 1,000
inhabitants, was the lowest on record, the two next
lowest being those recorded in the years 1883 and
1884, when the death-rates were 20.5 and 20.4
respectively. This low death-rate is in part attributable
to a contemporaneous low birth-rate, the lowest
on record since 1850. Obviously the general deathrate
in every community is affected by the infantile
death-rate.
The death-rate in each one of the five groups of
districts into which London is divided is shown as
under:—
West Districts 17.7 per 1,000.
North „ 18.5 „
South „ 18.8 „
East „ 22.1 „
Central „ 25.5 „