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10
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1874-75,
Or from March 2Gth to March 25th,
By M. J. Mac COK MACK, M.B. (T.C.D.)
Gentlemen,
In presenting to you the Nineteenth Annual Report on the
Health and Mortality of the Parish of Lambeth for the year
1874-75, I am unable to speak as favourably of the District as
in my previous Report, the Death-rate being somewhat in excess
of the previous year, produced by an outbreak of Scarlet Fever
in the early part of the year 1875. The Deaths have increased
162 as compared with last Report; on the other hand,
there have been 156 Births in excess of last year.
The calculations have been made as usual on the Census Returns
of 1871; but, if we take into consideration the estimated increase
of population since that period, our Death-Rate will be considerably
lower than it appears.
The number of Births registered during the year was 8477;