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(2) The second neighbourhood is bounded by Queen's
Road and the London Chatham and Dover Railway on two
sides, and Heath Road and Wandsworth Road on the two
opposite sides. Its population was 5,128, the number of
houses in it 770, and the death.rate 17.9.
(3) The third neighbourhood, including White Square and
the surrounding parts, was bounded by Pleasant Place and
Crescent Road on two sides, and Park Crescent, Nelson
Road, and White Square on the two opposite sides. Its
population was 1,576, the number of houses in it 301, and
the death.rate 17.7.
The mortality given in these three selected parts of the
parish does not include the deaths occurring in out.lying
Institutions. Including these, the death.rate is still except
in the first.named only about equal to the general death rate
or the whole of London, though considerably above that for
the whole of Clapham.
The larger mortality in these three neighbourhoods, is
chiefly explicable by the high mortality among children under
5 years. In (1) these formed 60 per cent. of the total deaths;
in (2) 73 per cent.; in (3) 57.5 per cent., as compared with
47.3 per cent. for the whole of Clapham, and 49.3 lor the
whole district.
Deaths occurring in Clapham.—The following table gives a
summary of all the deaths registered as occurring in this
sub.district during the past year, classified according to
cause, sex, and social position, and a more detailed list of the
deaths from zymotic diseases.