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10
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1873-74,
By M. J. MacCORMACK, M.B. (TCD.)
Gentlemen,
I now present the Eighteenth Annual Report on the
Health and Mortality of the Parish of Lambeth for the year
1873-4, and have to congratulate you, that this District still maintains
its character for healthiness, not only as regards its low
Death-Rate, but also for its immunity from any large amount of
Zymotic, or Preventible Diseases. The calculations have been
made as hitherto on the Census Returns of 1871, but if we were
to take into consideration the estimated increase of population
since that period our Death-Rate would be considerably lower.
The number of Births registered in the Parish during the year
1873-74 were 8321, of which 2042 were registered in the first,
2032 in the second, 2084 in the third, and 2163 in the fourth
Quarters of the year.
The Births have exceeded those of the previous year by 134.
The deaths during the year were 4983, being somewhat in
excess of the previous year, but 754 less than the year 1871-72.
The excess of Births over Deaths amounted to 3338. This is
very satisfactory as compared with the two previous years, which
were 3512 and 2406 respectively.
The excess of Births over Deaths has been in all the Districts
with the exception of Lambeth 1st Church, where the Deaths
exceeded the Births by 2, but when we analyse the actual facts