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In Central London, generally speaking, we may say that owing
to it becoming less residential the number of persons found sleeping
in a given area does not represent the true population of such an
area. It is thus a matter of some importance to centrally-situated
districts that at the coming census (1901) the authorities should
take the number of persons actually employed in various districts.
But for statistical purposes the population of 66,202 has been used
in Clerkenwell since 1896, and for the sake of comparison it will be
taken as the basis for all the following figures.
Births.—The total number of births registered in the district
during 1899 was 2,050 a number slightly less than that recorded in
1898, which was 2,072. In 1897 there were 2,092 births. The
general birth-rates throughout the country were similarly less for
1899 than for the previous year. The birth-rate for Clerkenwell in
1899 works out at 30.9 as compared with 31.2 per 1,000 in 1898.
The birth-rate for the 33 large towns was as low as 30.2 per 1,000
of the population, and the London birth-rate of 29.4 is the lowest
on record.

Deaths.—The total number of deaths, after correction,* which
were registered as properly belonging to this district was 1,478,
* Correction consists in omitting deaths, occurring in hospitals and kindred
institutions within a district, of persons not properly belonging to it; and of
including deaths of such of its inhabitants as have occurred in hospitals, workhouses,
infirmaries, asylums, &c., outside its boundary.