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WANDSWORTH.
The population for the year 1898. estimated
Population.
according to the method adopted by the
Registrar General, was 63,917, an increase of 2,666
compared with the year 1897. Prom this the population
of the various institutions in the parish has to be
deducted, viz.: 3,906, making a corrected population
of 60,011 compared with 57,345 in 1897.
Calculated from the number of inhabited houses in
the parish in 1898, and the number of persons per
inhabited house at the census of 1896, the population
would have been 64,866.
Births and During the 52 weeks ending 31st December,
Birth-rate. 1898, the births registered were 1,821, 965
males, and 856 females, one less than in 1897, and 87 less
than the decennial average corrected for increase of
population.
The birth-rate for the year was 30.34 per 1,000,
a decrease of 1.43 per 1,000 compared with 1897, and
4.25 per 1,000 under the decennial average.