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STREATHAM.
Vital Statistics.
Population. The Census population of this parish in the
year 1891 was 42,958, revealing the fact that the mean
annual increase was 2,042, and upon this calculation is
based the population for the year 1892, as 45,000. The
following statistics which as usual are derived from the
Registrar General's Returns and the local records of
sickness and mortality are based upon this estimate of
population.
Birth and Birth Rate. The number of births registered during the
year was 1,067, 558 of males and 509 of females. The
birth-rate calculated from the total number of births
and the foregoing estimate of population, was 23.7 per
1,000 persons living during the year; this rate is much
below the decennial average.
Natural Increase. The excess of births over deaths was 509
giving a rate of 11.3 per 1000 of the population.
Deaths and Death Rate. During the year 1892, 558 deaths were
registered in the parish of which 280 were of males and
278 of females, giving a death-rate of 12.4 per 1000.
To arrive at the actual number of deaths of parishioners
both within and without the district, the total
number of deaths in St. Anne's Home [(the deceased