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may not be departed from here. In accordance with
this method of calculation the population of Streatham
and Tooting in the middle of the year 1886 was 31,400.
Births and The number of births registered during
Birth.rate. the year was 1,078, a large increase on the
decennial average; 568 were of males and 510 of females.
The birth.rate calculated from the total number of
births and the foregoing estimate of the population was
34'3 per 1,000 persons living during the year as compared
with 35'6 per 1,000 in 1885.
Natural The rate of natural increase is represented
increase. excess of births over deaths; there
was an excess this year of 605, giving a ratio of 19.2
per 1,000 of the population.
Deaths and The total number of deaths registered
Death.rate. during the year was 473, an increase of 50
on the number registered in 1885. Of these deaths 246
were of males, and 227 of females. The death.rate
calculated from the whole of the deaths registered, and
the official estimate of the population was 15.0 per
1,000 persons living during the year, though this rate is
slightly above the decennial average, it is by no
means a high one, and if we were to calculate the death.
rate of the true population it would be seen to be still
lower. I learn from the Vestry Clerk that there are
5,737 occupied houses in Streatham alone; calculating six
persons per house, this would give us a population of
34,422, adding for Tooting 5,000, we have as the total
population of the sub.district 39,422. Not to overstate