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for this out-door* district. The 84 above referred to as
belonging to Battersea, will be taken into calculation in
the death-rate for the entire parish.
Death-rate.—Calculating the death-rate in the same
manner as in previous years, after deducting all Infirmary
deaths and making due allowance for its population, the
rate is 18.5 per 1,000. This is an increase of 1.4 per 1,000
on the year 1877.
Birth-rate.—The number of births returned were
1,594—803 being males, and 791 females, and the rate,
calculated in the same manner as the deaths, was 40 per
1,000.
After including all deaths in the Infirmary, the above
number of births gives a natural increase to the population
of 656.
As in previous years, the birth-rate is much higher
than that of known populations, and clearly points to the
fact that our estimated population is lower than that
actually existing.
Of the total births, 73 took place in the Infirmary,
being 27 in excess of those of the previous year.
The following Table shows the causes of all deaths,
classified at different ages, sex, and social position, which
have taken place in this Sub-district during the year
1878
* Out-door with reference to Infirmary.