BIRTHS.
The births registered—registration not being compulsory—were 4,351. The annual birth rate in Kensington was 31.7 per 1,000 persons living, and in the Metropolis 35.7. The births in the Town sub-district were 3,536, and in Brompton 815: 2,216 males and 2,135 females were born. The males formed about 51, and the females 49 per cent of the births—104 males being born to 100 females: about the same proportion as in all England. One child was born to 31.6 of the population. The birth rate in the Town sub-district was 33.6, and in Brompton 24.8 per 1,000. The deficient birth rate, as compared with that of the Metropolis and England, is the result of the great disproportion in the relative number of the sexes already alluded to; the rate, however, is slightly increasing, as may be seen by reference to Tables 1 and 2 (Appendix.)
The subjoined table shows the quarterly number of births in each sub-district:
Kensington Town | Brompton | ||||||
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
1st Quarter | 484 | 475 | 959 | 94 | 111 | 205 | 1164 |
2nd | 464 | 409 | 873 | 102 | 95 | 197 | 1070 |
3rd | 435 | 405 | 840 | 84 | 103 | 187 | 1027 |
4th | 448 | 416 | 864 | 105 | 121 | 226 | 1090 |
Total | 1831 | 1705 | 3536 | 385 | 430 | 815 | 4351 |