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12
ANNUAL REPORT
FOE THE YEAR 1872 3,
By M. J. MacCORMACK, M. B. (T. C. D.
Gentlemen,
I now present the Seventeenth Annual Report on the
Health and Mortality of Lambeth, for the year 1872-3, and in
so doing it is a matter of congratulation that the district of
Lambeth will contrast as favourably as any other in the Metropolis,
both as regards the low rate of Mortality, and also the very small
amount of Zymotic or Preventable Diseases. I have made my
calculations on the Census of 1871, but had I done so on the
increase of population since that period, the contrast would be still
more favourable.
The number of Births registered in the Parish during the year
1872-3 were 8187, of which 2042 were registered iu the first,
1988 in the second, 1947 in the third, and 2210 in the fourth
quarters of the year.
The Births exceeded those of the previous year by 352.
The Deaths during the year were 4675; the excess of Births
over Deaths amounted to 3512. This is very satisfactory, as
compared with the two previous years.