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Wards with the highest death-rates were: Thornton Heath
(12.2), South Norwood (12.0), Whitehorse Manor (11.9). Those
with the lowest were: Ncrbury (8.3), West Thornton (9.4), and
Woodside (9.5).
Natural Increase.—The excess of births over deaths was 755
or 3.2 per 1,000 of the population. A comparison with previous
years is given below.
Immigration is playing a larger part than emigration in the
rapid increase of population. In the nature of things this is a
difficult factor to estimate with any accuracy and in time leads to
deductions based on total population being only approximate.