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Vital Statistics.
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district, compared with the residential nature of both Barnes East
and Mortlake South.
The excess of females in these residential neighbourhoods is
probably due to a large proportion of female domestic servants, the
further excess of females over males in Barnes East is probably due
to the large number of female householders living in the residential
flats abutting on Castelnau.
NUMBER OP PERSONS PER HOUSE.
The average number of persons per house as calculated on the
census return is 4.244, a considerable decrease since the last
census. The averages for the two parishes are for Barnes and
Mortlake 4.28 and 4.21 persons per house respectively. The averages
for the various wards are very similar to the sex distribution
sequence.
Table showing Average Number of Persons per House in different
Wards.
Barnes E 4.00
N 4.20
S 4.47
W 4.32
Mortlake Middle 4.10
N 4.35
S 4.23
BIRTHS.
The total number of births properly belonging to this district
was 731, as will be seen in Table I, including 10 births occurring
outside the district, yet properly belonging to it. Under new
arrangements, these births, like outside deaths, are transferred from
one district to another by the Registrar General. The nett birthrate
therefore was 23 7 per 1000 of the population, an increase oq