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infant death-rate, and the death-rate of persons beyond 60 years, as well as that of the
public institutions, though we had at least our share every when, as indeed might be
expected, of the scarlatina, measles and whooping cough epidemics, so prevalent in
London generally during the year.
The birth-rate was lower than last year's by 0'2 per thousand, and marriage-rate
higher by 2.3 per thousand.
The number of houses newly built and inhabited shows a steady increase, and it will
toon be difficult to find a plot of ground in the parish unappropriated for building,
recreation, or industrial purposes. The present average density per acre is 38.8, and
the equivalent of persons to each house 6'42.
Various Death Rates.
The Metropolitan Death Hate was 23.4 per 1000; the lowest death rate of the
"twenty-three large towns," 17.7 per 1000 (Portsmouth), and the highest 35*3
(Dublin); the mean being 23.4. The average mortality of all England was 21 per
thousand, and the birth-rate 23.26 per thousand.
The average Continental Death Rate was 29.3: Christiania showing the lowest
( 17.5), and St. Petersburgh the highest (40).
The Indian mortality averaged 33'6 per thousand, and that of the United States
21.6 per thousand.
Our death loss therefore was only .7 per thousand beyond the average for all
England; 1.6 less than that for London; 13.6 less than that for Dublin ; 76 less
than the Continental average; 11.9 than the Indian general rate, and almost identical
with the United States' return.
Table No. 2—Shewing the Animal Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Hates among Children, and Deaths
in Public Institutions, for the Year 1879 and 10 Years.
Birth Rate per
1000 of the
Population.
Annual Rate of
Mortality, per
1000 living.
Deaths of Children
under One
year; per centage
of Total
Deaths.
Per centage of
Deatha of Children
under One
year to Registered
Births.
Deaths of Children
under Five
yuan; per centage
of Total
Death.
Total Number
of Deatha in
Pubiie
Institutions.
1879
41.3
21.7
23.7
15.5
44.2
114
1878
41.5
18.8
33.1
14.4
43.1
90
1877
41.3
21.1
31.7
16.5
47.7
96
1876
39.5
19.7
42.9
21.4
55.2
107
1875
37.6
20.6
40.7
22.1
52.7
37
1874
38.6
20.1
33.9
18.1
38.8
28
1873
34.5
18.0
38.7
19.1
47.2
37
1872
32.8
17.1
37.3
17.7
45.2
39
1871
30.0
18.0
38.7
22.7
48.9
58
1870
31.9
19.3
40.9
24.7
63.4
57
1869
32.0
20.5
38.4
27.8
45.2
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