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The number of houses in the District has also increased
in the same ratio: thus, in the year 1851, the Parish of
Greenwich contained 5916 houses, but in the present year
6507 houses have been returned for the Census, being an
increase of 591 houses during the past 10 years. According
to the Census of 1851, the Parish of St. Paul, Deptford,
contained 4575 houses, but in that of 1861 the number
shown on the Register amounts to 6209, being an increase of
1634 over the year 1851. The Parish of St. Nicholas,
Deptford, will show a slight decrease in the number of
houses: thus, in the year 1851, there were 1278 houses
registered, but for the present Census only 1246 houses have
been returned, showing a decrease of 32 during that period.
This decrease appears to have arisen in consequence of a
portion of the Parish having been purchased by the Government
for the purpose of enlarging the Dockyard, the houses
being thereby demolished. For a more detailed account of
the houses in the District I beg to refer you to Tables Nos.
13 and 14, annexed to this Report.
It gives me great pleasure to be enabled to report to you
an improved account as regards the mortality of the District
during the past year of I860. On referring to the annexed
Tables it will be seen that the number of Deaths registered
for the entire District amounted to 2015, being 112 less than
in the preceding year. This diminution would appear to
have depended on the reduction in the number of Deaths
from Epidemic Diseases, which can be readily perceived on
referring to Tables No. 6 and No. 8. The causes of Death
from all other Diseases have shown but little variation during
the past four years.
The Deaths of Children under 5 years of age still bear
a very large proportion, being upwards of one-third of the
entire mortality of the District. I have in many of my
former Reports pointed out the known or supposed causes of
this great infantile mortality, it will therefore be superfluous
to repeat the observations in this Report.
The rate of the mortality of the District is clearly shown
in Table No. 9. The population as seen by the figures in