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Table II—This Table shows that the births of 6027
children were registered in the year 1862, whilst the deaths
which occurred were 3759, the births exceeding the deaths
by 2208. Both the births and deaths were more numerous
than in 1861, in which year the births were 5781, and the
deaths 3450. There were 1714 deaths under 5 years of
age during 1862, or in the proportion of 45 per cent of
the entire mortality. Of the births, 1499 were in the first
quarter, 1640 in the second quarter, 1428 in the third
quarter, and 1400 in the last quarter. During the year there
were 581 births in the Waterloo Road, 1st part district;
830 in the Waterloo Road, 2nd part district; 775 in the
Lambeth Church, 1st part district; 1256 in the Lambeth
Church, 2nd part district; 1131 in the Kennington, 1st part
district; 606 in the Kennington, 2nd part district; 590 in
the Brixton district; and 258 in the Norwood district.
The deaths during the first quarter were 1044, of which
4.18 were under 5 years; in the second quarter 880, under
5 years 372; in the third quarter 813, under 5 years 404;
in the fourth quarter 1022, under 5 years 480. Of the deaths,
348 took place in the Waterloo Road, 1st part district; 387
in the Waterloo Road, 2nd part district; 483 in the Lambeth
Church, 1st part district; 1047 in the Lambeth Church, 2nd
part district; of which 312 occurred in the Workhouse;
080 in the Kennington, 1st part district; 347 in the Kennington,
2nd part district; 329 in the Brixton district; and
138 in the Norwood district, of which 20 occurred in the
Workhouse.