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Vital Statistics.
Population.—The population of Streatham and
Tooting in 1881 was 25,553, according to the census of
that year. Calculated from these figures by the official
method, the mean population in the middle of 1882,
was 26,935.
Birth-rate.—The number of births registered during
the year was 891, of these 470 were males and 421
females. The birth-rate calculated upon the total number
of births and the foregoing estimate of the population
was 330 per 1000 persons living during the year.
The excess of births over deaths was 550, thus
yielding 20.4 as the rate of natural increase.
Death-rate.— There were 341 deaths registered
during the year, 164 of males and 177 of females.
The death-rate deduced from the whole of the deaths
registered and the officially estimated population was
12.6 per 1000 persons living during the year. This
extremely low death-rate — below even that of the
healthiest rural districts—places this Sub-District in a
high position from a sanitary point of view.
The following table shows clearly the cause of death,
sex, age and social position of all persons whose deaths
were registered during the year.