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67
STREATHAM
INCLUDING
BALHAM AND TOOTING.
This being the first occasion on which it has fallen
to my lot to write a Local Summary for the Annual
Report of the Medical Officers of Health, I must ask the
kind indulgence of my readers, if I have failed to convey
the full meaning of the facts and figures, or to
elucidate exhaustively the subject under review, I
trust it will not be out of place to say here that I hope
by zeal, watchfulness and a faithful discharge of the
duties of my office, to prove of service to the District
as a Sanitarian, and to merit the good opinion of those who
selected me to fill the place of my able and respected
predecessor, the late Dr. Noel, as Medical Ofiicer of
Health for Streatham and Tooting.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.—The population at the middle of the
year 1878 was 17,667, estimated in accordance with the
official method of calculation; there is reason to believe
that these figures do not nearly represent the actual
number of persons living on an average during the year;
there has been for some years past, and notably during
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