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55
CLAPHAM.
It is with much satisfaction that I present the following
report of the sanitary condition of this sub-district during
the year 1885.
During the period under report, the health of Clapham,
as tested by various criteria has been most satisfactory.
(a) The death-rate has been lower than at any
previous recorded period, and this notwithstanding the
fact that the density of the population of Clapham is
steadily increasing. The death-rate was in fact lower
than that of most of the healthy rural districts.
(b) The deaths from Infectious and such like diseases,
(classed together under the name Zymotic) were much
below the average. The zymotic death-rate was lower
than it has previously been known to be; and we may
reasonably infer that infectious diseases were prevalent
only to a small extent. Special stress may be laid on