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at the fact that very few empty houses * now exist in the
locality, and that a great amount of immigration must
have taken place, I believe that the next census will show
that the inhabitants have increased, in a much greater
ratio than is yielded by the above calculations.
The number of deaths registered in the previous
year (1873) was 674, so that in the past year there is an
increase of deaths by 12, a number by no means large.+
Ages at Death.—As many as 310 deaths took place
of children under 5 years of age, 205 being under 1 year.
Taking all ages up to 20, the number is 338 ; from 20 to
00, no fewer than 207 ; from 60 to 80 and upwards, 141 ;
the three eldest being females of the respective ages
90, 95, and 98. These three persons were inmates of the
Infirmary at the time of death. I have already called
attention to the deplorable state of things as regards
infant life, and to the fact that 205 infants perished under
1 year of age. This is an increase on the previous year of
15, and is no doubt due to the circumstance that many
infants who had only breathed a few hours being now
registered, whereas they were previously treated as stillborns,
and buried without certificates or inquiry of any
kind. No less than 28 infants were registered under
" Premature Birth" or " Low Vitality."
* The number of houses in this division of the Sub-district has
been ascertained to be 15,782, and the rateable value £130,588.
f It may be as well to state that, looking at the estimated population
of the whole parish of JBattersea, and the total deaths registered,
inclusive of all who died in the Infirmary and oilier Public Institutions
of both divisions of the Sub-district, a death-rate of 21'9 per 1,000 per
annum is deducible.