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BIRTHS.
During the 52 weeks ending January 2nd, 1892, 4,583 births were registered in
Shoroditch, but from this must bo deducted 72 children horn in the Holborn Infirmary,
whose mothers, I am informed by Dr. Yarrow, were, previous to admission, residents in
parishes other than St. Leonard, Shoroditch, leaving 4,511 births, equivalent to an
annual rate of 36.76 per 1,000 of the population. This birth-rate is a very high one.
In London the rate for the corresponding period was 31.8 per 1,000. Throughout
the country the birth-rate, which has been almost continuously declining since 1870,
has risen during 1891, the rate for. that year exceeding by 1.2 per 1,000 the rate for
1890, which was the lowest on record since civil registration was established, more than
50 years ago. In Shoroditch there has also been an increase. The Birth-rates of the
Registration Groups of London may be compared in Table II. appended herewith. .

DEATHS.
In the 52 weeks 3,163 deaths were registered as having occurred in this Parish;
from these are deducted the deaths of 421 non-parishioners who died in various
institutions and elsewhere in the District, but the deaths of 800 parishioners who died
in other parts of the Metropolis have to be added, making a total of 3,042 inhabitan's
of Shoroditch who died during the year. This is equivalent to an annual death-rate of
24.8 per 1,000 inhabitants; compared with the rates of the previous three years, on
their corrected population, the rate for 1891 shows some improvement over that for
1H00, but in still higher than these for 1888 and 1889. This higher rate is duo to the
largo number of deaths in the first and last quarters of the year from Influenza,
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Respiratory Diseases. The rate for London was 21.4
per 1,000, the same as last year, which had a higher rate than any year since 1882.