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TO THE
Urban District Council of Barnes.
January, 1900.
Gentlemen,
The new Residences which have been built during
the last two or three years are beginning to make an appreciable
difference to the number of the population. This is shown most
decidedly by the increase in the number of births registered.
They exceed those for last year by no less than 107, the larger
number, as would be expected, were in Barnes which gained 73
and Mortlake 34. The increase in the number of deaths over
last year was 21 in Mortlake and one in Barnes. This increase
in Mortlake does not make the number excessive, as the
deaths for the preceding year were exceptional low, and, with the
increase in the population, bring it to the standard of the last few
years.
I have inspected the district at intervals during the past
year, and have made house to house inspections where I have
found it necessary, and sometimes in company with the Inspector