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2,799 deaths; consequently there has been a falling
off of 19 per cent, in the marriages, 29 per cent,
in the births, and 24 per cent, in the deaths.
The distribution of the 1,337 marriages is as
follows:—431 were in the Eastern Union, 397 in
the Western, and 509 in the City proper. These
numbers are in the proportion of 10'4 per 1,000 of
the population of the first-named district, 14.8 of
the second, and 109 of the third—the average for
the whole City being 11.7. In all England the
average is 16-8 per 1,000 of the population.
Of the 2,390 births in the year, 989 were in
the Eastern district, 653 in the Western, and 756
in the central—numbers which are at the rate of
23 9 per 1,000 of the population of the first
district, 244 of the second, and 16'3 of the third;
the birth-rate of the whole City being 209 per
1,000, while that of England is 34.9.
And of the 2,137 deaths, 809 were in the
Eastern Union, 572 in the Western, and 756 in
the City—the proportions being 19.6 per 1,000 of
the first-named Union, 21.4 of the second, and
16.3 of the third—the average for the whole City
being 18.6. In the whole of England the average
death-rate ia 22.5 per 1,000 of the population, and