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This table is less regular than the table of the arrondissements 

 of Paris. For instance, Mile End, which has a comparatively 

 low rate of poor relief, has a high birth-rate — higher than that of 

 St. Saviour's, Southwark. It must be remarked, however, that 

 the birth-rate includes only those births which have occurred in 

 the dwelling-houses ; and in a poor district like Southwark many 

 women are necessarily delivered in the hospitals ; so that the 

 birth-rate here given by M. Bertillon may be somewhat lower 

 iif-the case of the poorer districts than it is in reality. It must 



