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122
The births were 69 less than in the preceding year, and 171 less
than the average.

In each year a number of deaths of parishioners takes place in
General and Special Hospitals, in the Workhouses, and in the Infirmaries,
all of which are extra-parochial.
The number of deaths which occurred in the Hospitals was 279 ;
in the Workhouses, 128; and in the Infirmary, 144; making a total
of 551. The numbers, causes and ages of the deaths are given in
the tables appended to this report.
The Population of the Parish has increased by the occupation of
new buildings, since the census of 1891; but taking the numbers of
that census, the intra-parochial mortality amounts to 17 per 1000;
including the Workhouses, Infirmary, and the Hospital deaths, to
26 per 1,000.
The deaths occurring in the out-lying portion of the Parish at
Muswell Hill, are enumerated with those of the Pentonville subdistrict.
The mortality of all London during the year was 21.8 per 1,000;
that of the West districts being 19.7; of the North districts, 20.2;
of the Central districts, 25.7; of the East districts, 24.9; and of the
South districts, 15.9.
The number of deaths arising from the principal Zymotic diseases
in the Parish in 1893 was 203; 84 more than in the preceding year.