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Wandsworth 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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20
CLAPHAM.
The following is the usual table with which, for a number
of years past, I have commenced my annual report.
It exhibits, besides the number of births and deaths, the
excess of the one over the other, as well as the number of
marriages that have been solemnized during each year,
from 1856 to 1867 inclusive.

Table: MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

Years185618571858185918601861186218631864186518661867
Marriages154151150156183182175181227221310244
Births527550533594608624622685640707711777
Deaths286321344328429390343355408393425451
Excess of Births over Deaths241229189266179234279330232314286326

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The principal facts to be noted in this table, are the
gradually progressive increase of births during the past 12
years, and the unusual excess of births over deaths in the