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CLAPHAM.
The report which I have the honour to present for the first
time, records a sanitary condition on which the Clapham
Committee of the Wandsworth Board of Works may be
cordially congratulated.
The low rates ot general mortality and of mortality from
infectious diseases are very encouraging, and the excellent
and thorough sanitary work which is being executed by Mr.
Southam and his assistants, gives us every reason for believing
that this improvement, already striking, will be continued.
Population.—Assuming the rate of increase to be the same
as in the decade previous to the last census, the population ot
this sub-district for 1884 was 39,632. As only three years have
elapsed since the census, probably this estimate is a near
approximation to the truth.
Births and Birth-rate.—The number of births registered
was 1,123, of which 596 were males and 527 females. The
annual birth-rate was 28.32 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
being nearly the same as in the three previous years,
and considerably less than that for the whole of London,
which was 33.7 per 1,000.
Deaths and Death-rate.—During the year 1884, 543 deaths
were registered in the sub-district, 263 of males and 280
of females. These represent an annual death-rate of 13.7 per
1,000 of the estimated population, the lowest hitherto known
in Clapham with a solitary exception (see table). The death
rate for the whole of London was 20.34 per 1,000, and that
of 28 large towns was 21.6 for the same period. The excess
of births over deaths or natural increase in the population was
580, giving a rate of 14.6 per 1,000.