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Mortality.—The total number of deaths registered
as having occurred in this District during the year was
852, 450 being males and 402 females (the males exceeding
the females by 50), being a decrease on the previous
year of 5. Of the total number 163 took place in the
Infirmary, 76 of which were parishioners of Battersea,
leaving 87 belonging to the other parishes of the Union ;
these 163 deaths are a decrease on the previous year by
14, when 177 were returned.
Deducting, then, the 163 Infirmary deaths, which, as
the inmates are derived from the whole union, it is but
just to do, it will leave 689 as the correct number of deaths
for this out-door District. *
Death-rate.—Calculating the death-rate on the assumption
that the population has increased at the same
rate as it did during the ten years ending 1871, we should
have a population of 35,577 souls, and a death-rate of 19.5
per 1000.
Birth-rate.—The births registered were 1487, the
excess of males over females being 71—779 being males
and 708 females; and the rate, calculated in the same
manner as the deaths, was 41.7 per 1000, the natural increase
to population being 635; after including all deaths
in the Infirmary, this is 121 in excess of last year. The
birth-rate forms a very reliable means of judging of the
population, as it rarely exceeds 35 per 1000 per annum;
if, then, our birth-rate is nearly 42, there must be a far
greater number of persons in the district than our method
of calculation allows; this fact should not be lost sight of
when perusing the death-rate, which, if calculated by a
population that would yield the recognised birth-rate
must be considerably lower than 19 per 1000.
The following Table shows the causes of all deaths
classified at different ages, the sex, and social position,
which have taken place in this Sub-district during the
year 1876 :—
* Out-door with reference to Infirmary.