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CLAPHAM.
IN my last Annual Report, I made use of a statistical table of
some value, as giving the condition of the population from the
commencement of the present century down to the last census of
1861. In the present report I insert a table of a similar description,
but applying to the marriages, births, and deaths, in this
sub-district from 1856 to 1861—a table which, I venture to think,
will furnish as solid a basis for future calculations in reference to
this parish as the former one.

In this table is shewn that the excess of births over deaths has
varied considerably in the several years, and that when in one year
the excess has been small, a very considerable increase has been
observable in the year following; thus in 1858 the excess was small,
but in 1859 it exceeded even the past year (1861) by 32 births. In
like manner, 1860 was remarkable for a small excess, whilst 1861
was as remarkable for a large one. It appears also by this table
that the number of births in 1861 exceeded that of 1860 by 16,
and that of 1859 by 30.