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Increase :—
Males.
Females.
Totals.
In the first quarter
113
60
173
In the second quarter
61
6l
122
I
In the third quarter
65
88
153
In the fourth quarter
96
52
I48
335
261
596
A comparison of the number of Births and Deaths registered for the year
ending March 25th, 1888, with the year ending March 25th, 1889, gives the following
results :—
Males.
Females.
Totals.
Births, 1888
726
705
1431
Do. 1889
774
672
1446
Deaths, 1888
492
443
935
Do. 1889
439
411
850
Increase, 1888
234
262
496
Do. 1889
335
261
596
By comparing these figures, some interesting facts may be ascertained : First,
that in the year 1888-9, the increase of population is exactly a hundred more than in
the preceding year, 1887-8; Second, that this increase is made up largely by a less
number of deaths being registered than in the previous year ; Third, that the actual
number of deaths registered is less by 85 than in the foregoing year ; Fourth, that
the births of males have greatly preponderated in the year 1888-9 over the births of
females ; Fifth, that, as in several years past, the fourth quarter (December to the
following March) is the one in which the greatest increase and greatest decrease
occur.
Deaths of Parishioners in Outlying Institutions.
It will be of some interest to give a detailed account of the Parishioners who
have died in outlying Institutions. There have been 71 such deaths recorded from
Somerset House—38 males and 33 females—as against 89 in the year 1887-8. Two
of them certified as Parishioners, were upon inquiry proved not to be so ; one
living in Deptford, the other in Old Kent Road. The actual number therefore is
69 : 37 males and 32 females, showing a decrease of twenty persons.
The Institutions and their numbers are as follows :—Guy's Hospital, 26;
London Hospital, 6 ; St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 6; Children's Hospital, Shadwell,
3; Royal Hospital for Incurables, 2; King's College, Seamen's, St. Thomas's,
Great Northern Fever, City of London Chest, and Brompton Hospitals, 1 each;
Workhouse, Horselydown, 4; Workhouse, Bermondsey, 9; Workhouse, St. John's,