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STREATHAM.
Population
The estimated population of Streathara, for
the middle of the year 1897, is 58,183, upon
which is based the various mortality and other rates.
Births and
Birth-rate.
During the year, 1,331 births were registered,
of which 666 were males and 665 females, the
birth-rate thereby produced being equal to 22-8 per 1,000
of the population. During the past few years the birthrate
has been on the decline, but, during the year under
report, was exactly equal to that of the previous year.
Deaths and
Death-rate-
The deaths registered during the year numbered
567; of these, 286 were of males and
281 of females, the uncorrected death-rate being equal to
per 1,000 persons living. This is the lowest rate on
record for this sub-district.
The corrected death-rate, which is obtained by excluding
the number of deaths of non-parishioners occurring
within the sub-district (36), and including those of
parishioners dying within the Metropolis but outside the
Streatham area (106), and producing a total of 637, equal
to 10.9 per 1,000 of the population.