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all former years; Scarlatina is equal to the past but is less
than the average of former years; Whooping Cough is
less than the past but greater than any of the previous 5
years; Diarrhœa is less than any year in the Table; but
Fever including Typhus, Typhoid, and Continued, has a
greater fatality than the last 5 years.
The total deaths from the seven principal epidemics
Avere 81 for the year 1879, being 22 less than the previous
(1878), and below the average. In the preceding years
they vary very much, and will, let us hope, decline in the
course of years, owing to the various sanitary works that
have been and will be carried out.
On the eve of the census of 1881, it would be impossible
to estimate our population as we have done on former
occasions with anything like accuracy, but by adopting the
method followed by the Registrar-General, I place the
population of this Sub-district, in round numbers at 33,000
persons.
During the year 1879 there were 1125 births
registered—males 560, females 565. They yield a birthrate
equal to 34.1 births per 1000 or 3.41 per cent, per
annum.
During the same period there were 561 deaths—
males 266, females 295, registered in this Parish, which
yield a death-rate equal to 17.0 deaths in every 1000 of
our population, or l.70 per cent.
In density we count at the rate of 27 persons to the
statute acre. In all London 42 persons are counted to the
acre. Density of population is an important item in
many sanitary calculations.
As usual I introduce the following Table, the principal
one in this report, relating to the general Mortality of
the Sub-district, and containing in a concise and comprehensive
form all the Mortality Statistics of the year.