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to Battersea, as a whole, will be taken into account in the
death-rate for the entire parish.
Deatli-rate.— Calculating the death-rate on the
assumption that the population has increased as in
previous calculations, we have a population of 37,298
persons; and, after deducting the Infirmary deaths and
its population, the very satisfactory death-rate of 17"1 per
1000, being a decrease on the previous year of 2'4.
Birth-rate.—The births returned were 1509—763
being males, and 746 females, and the rate, calculated in
the same manner as the deaths, was 40 per 1000.
After including all deaths in the Infirmary, the above
number of births gives a natural increase to the population
of 688.
The above birth-rate is high, being 3.9 higher than
London, and, taking it as a standard on which to calculate
the population, it will be seen that we must have a greater
number of people than the method pursued by the
Begistrar-General gives us; for the birth-rate from known
populations rarely exceeds 35 per 1000. This fact should
not be lost sight of when perusing the death-rate.
Of the total births, 46 took place in the Infirmary.
The following Table shows the causes of all deaths,
classified at different ages, sex, and social position, which
have taken place in this Sub-district during the year
1877