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CLAPHAM.
1 estimate the population, taking as the
Population, principal basis of my calculation the number
of inhabited houses, at 52,932 in the middle of
1900. For the purpose of this report the detached
portion of Clapham, which really became transferred
to Streatham from the 9th of November, is reckoned
as a portion of this parish for the whole year, as
otherwise it would be impossible to give any correct
vital statistics. According to this estimate the population
of Clapham has increased since the previous year
by 2,932 persons.
Births and The number of births registered during 1900
Birth-Rates wag ] 278, a number considerably higher than
in any preceding year, and exceeding the decennial
average by 16 L. There were 667 births of boys and
611 of girls. The birth-rate was 24.14, which has been
exceeded by only four years of the decade, and which
almost exactly coincides with the average. The rate
for the whole of London was 28.6, which was the
lowest recorded rate, that for 1899 being the next
lowest. The natural increment of the population, or
excess of births over deaths was 469, giving a rate per
thousand of 8.86.
Deaths and The number of deaths registered in Clapham
Death-rate during the year was 703, of which 315 were
males and 388 females, and which included 39 deaths
of non-parishioners. This number is smaller than in
1899, but except for that year, is greater than in any year
of the decade, and exceeded the average by 90. There