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seen in the table above, is only 17.5 per 1,000. Although,
for reasons already stated, it is hardly fair to contrast
this rate with those of the years immediately preceding;
the lowness of the mortality in the year 1880 was remarkable
as contrasted with the average mortality of the
past 10 years. It may fairly be taken as an evidence of
success in the efforts of Sanitary Science to stem the tide
of disease and death.
The death-rate for London was 22.2 per 1,000, that
of the 20 largest towns of the United Kingdom 22.7,
and that of 50 other large towns 21.5. Only Dover and
Newport among the latter, and none of the former, have
so low a rate as prevails in this district. Neither of these
towns have a population exceeding one-fifth of the population
of the Wandsworth District.

The excess of births over deaths was 3,445, or a
rate of 16.8 per 1,000. This represents the natural increase
of the population.