In Churches 1077 At Nonconformist Places of Worship 71 At Roman Catholic 70 At the Superintendent-Registrar’s Office 93 Total 1311 The marriages in the three previous years were: 1871, 1,131; 1872, 1,132; 1873, 1,241. 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 Sub-District. Sub-District. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Grand Total. 1st 484 475 959 94 111 205 1164 Quarter 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 DEATHS.