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Estimated Population in 1896.
Calculated in the usual manner from returns of inhabited
houses, and by the increase ascertained to have taken place
during the last inter-censal period, it may be estimated that at
the middle of 1896, the population of the District, exclusive of
the three institutions named, numbered 29,350, of which 13,960
were males and 15,390 females.
Table 1 in the appendix shows the estimated population of
each parish as accurately as possible, seeing that it is now five
years since the census was taken.
The populations of the parishes of Beddington, Coulsdon,
Morden, Sanderstead, and Woodmansterne seem to have increased
more rapidly since 1891 than between 1881 and 1891; that of
Wallington has increased at the same rate, but those of the
remaining parishes have not done so.
Natural Increase.
The natural increase of the population, by the excess of
births over deaths, has been since the census 2,462, and during
the year 1896 was 379, as compared with 417 in the previous
year.
II.—BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Births.
The births registered in the District in 1896, numbered 765,
of which 399 were of males and 366 were of females. The births
of 16 children, 8 of either sex, were registered as illegitimate.
The birth rate for the year was 26.1 per 1,000 persons living.
The proportion of illegitimate births was 2.1 per cent. of the
total births, being identical with the proportion of the previous
year.
The birth-rate is a very low one, and is the smallest recorded
in this District, with the exception of that of 1894. It is 2.8 per
1,000 less than the average annual birth-rate during the preceding
ten years.