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OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1909.
YITAL STATISTICS.
Population—The estimated population for the year 1909
amounted to 160,749, the figure adopted by the RegistrarGeneral.
This population is calculated upon the assumption that
the increase in the population maintained the same rate of
progression each year as it did during the intercensal period,
1891-1901. The population thus obtained, 160,749, compared
with 156,627 for 1908, shows an increase in one year of 4,122
persons. The increase in the population by natural increment,
i.e., the excess of births over deaths, amounted to 1,800. It
may be assumed, therefore, that the difference of 2,322 between
the total estimated increase and that shown by the natural
increment is due to immigration into the district.
In order to make the statistical returns in this report
comparable with other districts and with the Returns of the
Registrar-General, a period of 52 weeks ended January
1st, 1910, has been taken. All mortality statistics contained
in the report are based upon the figures recorded during this
period.
The various rates are per 1,000 persons estimated to be
living in either Ward, Division or whole Borough, except where
otherwise stated.
The death rates calculated for the wards Brockley,
Catford and Forest Hill, are, in all probability, somewhat