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104
The births were thus 34 less than in the preceding year, and 93
below the average.

In each year a number of death of parishioners takes place in
General and Special Hospitals, in the Workhouses, in the Infirmary,
and in Lunatic Asylums, all of which are extra-parochial.
The number of deaths which occurred in the Hospitals was 149;
in the Workhouses, 99; in the Infirmary, 87; and in Lunatic
Asylums, 14; 4 deaths also occurred in the street, making a grand
total of 353.
At the Census in 1871, the population of Clerkenwell amounted
to 65,380 ; in 1881, to 69,076; the increase being 3,696. Assuming
this rate of increase to have continued during the last eight years,
the present population of the Parish would be 72,032. At this rate
the intra-parochial mortality for the year has been 14.3 per 1000;
including the hospital deaths, 16.4; and the workhouse and
infirmary deaths, 19.2 per 1,000.
Hence the mortality of the year has been considerably below that
of the preceding year, and still more below the average of the last
ten years.
But this estimate of the Mortality of the Parish must be considered
doubtful; for during the last few years many houses have
been pulled down, and replaced by larger ones (mostly "Model"
dwellings), which house four or more times the number of occupants
which the older houses did; and this would necessarily increase the
number of inhabitants beyond the decennial average, and so increase
the rate of mortality.
The mortality of all London during the year was 17.4—That of
the West Districts, 17; the North Districts, 15.7; of the Central