TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION F. 



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the population was 45,755, in 1841, 110,891, and in 1861 it had grown to 185,157. 

 The rateable value of the town was lis. tyd. as recorded in some old ratebooks; 

 in 1878 it amounted to 915,888/. 



The density of the population in general in the borough is only 15T per acre. 

 But a large part of the area is wild moorland, never built on, while some parts are 

 closely packed. In Sheffield North there are 257 people living on each acre ; in 

 Sheffield West, 89 ; while in Upper Hallam there are only '36. The birth-rate is 

 high. During the period 1870-78 it amoimted to 407 per 1000 living; the 

 highest birth-rate, 41-7, among the twenty largest towns in England, being found 

 in Salford ; the lowest, 307, in Plymouth. The males born in the whole borough 

 are slightly in excess of the females, but this is not true of each of the sub-districts. 

 The marriage rate is also high. In 1875 it was 22 per 1000 living, while the rate 

 for all England was only 16-8. In 1877 it had fallen to 17-9 per 1000, the rate 

 for all England being 15-8. Last year the death-rate was 24-8 per 1000, or -4 

 .above the rate in the twenty largest towns, if London be included, during the nine 

 years 1870-78. But there has been a considerable improvement in the mortality 

 of late years. In fact, Birmingham is the only town of equal size which has had 

 as low a death-rate during the past nine years, if London be excluded. Zymotic 

 and local diseases are the most fatal in Sheffield. Hitherto no hospital has existed 

 in the town for the treatment of infective fevers, but the Sanitary Authority is 

 building one which will, when finished, be one of the most complete in the 

 kingdom. 



Table showing the Rate of Mortality ' per 1000 living from all Causes 

 in Sheffield and its Nine Registration Sub-districts during the 

 Five Years 1874-8. 



Table showing the Rate of Mortality from Zymotic Diseases in Sheffield 

 and its Nine Registration Sub-districts during the Five Years 1874-8. 



