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CLAPHAM.
Population. The figure used for calculating the various
rates for the year is that obtained by the census enumeration
in April, and which will differ very little from the
true population of the middle of the year. The population
is 43,698.
The population in 1881 (Census) was 36,380, an increase
of 7,318 in the decennium, or 20 per cent. This
is a much smaller increase than in the previous decade.
Births. The number of births registered during the
year was 1,144—males, 609; females, 535. This is a
slightly larger number than in any of the last 10 years,
and a distinct increase on that of last year, when the
number was remarkably small. The birth-rate was 26.2
per thousand, the highest since 1887. The rate of
natural increase, or the excess of births over deaths, was
12.57.
Deaths and
Death-rate.
The number of deaths occurring in the year
was 596, of which 273 were of males and 323
of females. The death-rate was 13.63 per thousand of
the population, very nearly the same as in the preceding
year.
Table I. gives particulars of the births, birth-rates,
deaths, death-rates, and rates of natural increase for the
last 10 years.