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CLAPHAM.
Population.
The population in the middle of 1895, estimated
in the usual way, was 47,238, being an increase of 858
over the previous year.
Births and
Birth-rate.
The number of births registered during the year
was 1,186, of which 593 were males and 593 females.
This number is larger than in any year of the last decade.
The birth-rate was 25.8 also considerably higher than of
late years. The rate of natural increase, reckoned from
the excess of births over deaths, was 12.47, the decennial
average being 11.5.
Deaths and
Death-rate.
There were 630 deaths during the year, a
larger number than in any year of the last ten; of these
303 were males and 327 females. Out of these, 22 were
of non-parishioners and occurred in the Home for the
Dying and Nursing Homes. The death-rate was 13.33,
materially higher than in 1894; excluding the 22 deaths
of non-parishioners, the death-rate was 12.8. The deaths
of Clapham inhabitants occurring in institutions in other
parts of London should be included however, and they
number 117 (see Table III). Adding these we have a
total of 725, giving a rate of 15.3 which compares with
a rate of 15.8 and 12.9 in the preceding two years.