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the ordinary proportion in the City is 102 males to
every 100 females, and in the whole of England it is
104.4 to the 100. Again, of the 1,825 births in the
City 834 were in the Eastern Division, 475 in the
Western, and 516 in the Central. These numbers
are in the annual proportion of 29.9 per 1,000 of the
population of the first-named district, 25.2 per 1,000
of the second, and 17.2 of the third—the average for
the entire City being 23.8 per 1,000. In the preceding
10 years the average birth-rate in the City
has been 25.5 per 1,000, and in all England it is 35.4.
Deaths.
The 1,762 deaths for the year were distributed as
follows:—647 in the Eastern Union, 443 in the
Western, and 672 in the City proper. The deathrate,
therefore, in the several districts has been in the
proportion of 23.2 per 1,000 of the population of
Eastern Division, 23.5 of the Western, and 22.5 of
the Central—making an average of just 23 per 1,000
for the entire City. In the preceding 10 years the
average annual mortality has been at the rate of 25.1
per 1,000 of the population, and in the chief towns of
England it is 26.1 per 1,000.
Ages at Death.
These are shown in the 4th Table of the Appendix
and it will be observed that about one-third of all the
deaths in the year were among children of less than
5 years of age, and that another third, or nearly so,
were among persons at 60 and upwards. Of every