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winter. The marriage-rate was in the proportion of
nearly 16.5 per 1,000 of the population. This is somewhat
above the annual average (15.8) for the preceding
ten years, and it is largely above the average (10.3) for
the rest of London. In all England the marriage-rate
is only 8.32 per 1,000 of the population, or just half
that of the City of London. In Austria the rate is 8.75;
in Prussia 8.43; in France 7.79; in Spain 7.55; and
in Italy only 7.49. Compared, therefore, with the
large capitals of Europe, it is manifest that the
marriage-rate of the City is remarkably high, and it
doubtless indicates a high state of prosperity.
BIRTHS.
The 1,752 births in the City were thus distributed:
823 were in the Eastern district, 436 in the Western,
and 493 in the Central. These numbers are in the
annual proportion of 29.5 per 1,000 of the population
of the first named district, 23.2 of the second, and
only 16.4 of the third. In the whole City the birthrate
has been 22.9 per 1,000 of the people. This is
below the average (25.3) for the preceding ten years,
and it is a good deal below the average (35.4) for the
rest of the Metropolis. In all England the birth-rate
is 35.3 per 1,000 of the population; in Austria it is
39.9; in Prussia 39.3; in Italy 37.4; in Spain
37.2; and in France 26.3. The City, therefore,
presents the anomaly of a large marriage-rate, with a
small birth-rate, and this is due to the fact that a