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CLAPHAM.
The past year (J 878) was the 23rd year of the Health
Officer's labours in this District. Towards the close it
was a year of exceptional severity, and, in a sanitary
sense, a very trying and fatal one.
The following introductory table I have presented to
My readers for many years, with the view of showing them
our actual progress from a social and material point of
view. All the important statistics of this Sub-district are
placed before them in a tabular form, viz.:— the births,
the marriages, and the deaths during the last eleven
years.
Years 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
Marriages 272 231 158 249 236 257 284 243 313 319 282
Births 801 838 867 864 858 929 937 965 1029 1019 1095*
Deaths 450 508 480 604 482 475 528 548 545 467 580
Excess of
Births over
Deaths 351 330 387 260 376 454 409 417 484 552 515
* Of this number I successfully vaccinated in 365 cases. — J. M. D.
From the above table it can be seen that the excess
of births over deaths, i.e. the natural increase of the
population, still continues high, although the mortality of
the past year was excessive.