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parish, including all non-parishioners dying in the Union Infirmary
and elsewhere, are shewn in Table A. of mortality, and
may be thus summarised.

Three hundred and forty-two was the number of Battersea
parishioners dying elsewhere during the preceding year, 1894.
Since writing the above a fresh enumeration of the inhabitants
of the Metropolis has been made for purely fiscal purposes.
It shows that the population of Battersea on the night of
March 29-30, 1896, amounted to 165,115, about three thousand
less than the estimated population. This small difference of
numbers in so large a population does not affect any of the
rates given in this report, the only alteration would be in the
second or third places of decimals which are not given.
Table A. This table is compiled in all sanitary districts
under the express direction of the Local Government Board,
for the purpose of securing uniformity of tabulation in all parts
of the country, of the important particulars contained therein.
It is at the same time expressly stated that the Medical Officer
of Health of any district is at liberty, in addition, to continue to
use any other form of tabulation which, in his opinion, illustrates
more fully the sanitary condition of the district for which he
acts. For purposes of comparison with the vital statistics of the
past forty years, since the year 1856, other tables which
have been employed in this parish are also given herewith, and
will be found denoted by numbers, those of the Local Government
Board being denoted by the letters A. and B.