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In the preceding table it may he seen that the number
of marriages solemnized in this parish is far in excess
of any previous year,—a sure indication of the prosperity
of the people.
The births, it is not so satisfactory to observe, do
not keep pace with the marriages, a fact that cannot be
readily accounted for. The excess of births, however,
over deaths is by far greater than in any previous year,
except 1879.
Birth-rate.—The Births registered during the year
were 23 less than in the preceding year; they numbered
1,059, of which 551 were males, and 508 females.
Calculated from the foregoing estimate of the population
they yield a birth-rate equal to 28.93 per 1,000 persons
living of all ages. The excess of births over deaths was
560 (See Table No. I.), and constitutes our natural
increase.
Death-rate.—The total number of deaths registered
during the year 1881 was 499, of which number 210 were
of males and 289 of females. The deaths, calculated
from the population estimated to the middle of the year,
give Clapham the highly favourable death-rate of 13.50
per 1,000 of the inhabitants. The average of the preceding
ten years were .16.74 per 1000, a low rate
compared with those of most of the London Suburbs.
I here set forth the usual mortality table, which
contains all the deaths which took place in this parish
during the year 1881—male and female—also their ages,
their social position, and the registered cause of each
person's death.