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CLAPHAM.
Population.
The population, estimated in the usual way,
that is by assuming that the rate of increase
since the last census has been the same as in
the previous intercensal period, was in the middle of
1897, 47,804; an increase of 682 in the year.
Births and
Birth-Rate.
There were registered during the year 1,164
births, of which 590 were males, and 574
females. This is a larger number than in
any year of the decade, with the exception of 1895.
The birth-rate was 24.35, and the rate of natural increase,
calculated from the excess of births over deaths,
was 10.32.
Deaths and
Death-Rate.
The number of deaths registered during the
year in the sub-district was 607, of which
278 were of males, and 329 of females. Of
these deaths, however, 39 were of non-parishioners, and
occurred in the Home for the Dying and in Nursing
Homes; but, in addition, there were 110 deaths of
parishioners that occurred in outlying institutions, such
as the Union Infirmary and the Metropolitan Hospitals.
The net total of deaths is therefore 678, and the corrected
death-rate calculated from this figure is 14-03,
compared with 14.94 in 1896, and 15.3 in 1895. The
uncorrected death-rate was 12.69.