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VITAL STATISTICS
The following are the principal vital statistics for 1950 together with
comparative figures for London and for the previous year.
The proportions of old or young people vary in different areas and the
Registrar General gives Area Comparability factors which take these
variations into account. The factor for births is 0.97 and for deaths 0.99
and the birth rate and death rate should be multiplied by the appropriate
factor when making comparison with rates in other towns.
The figure for population is now the estimated mid-year home population
which includes members of the armed forces stationed in the area.
The estimated increase in the population is 210, whereas the number of
births exceed the number of deaths by 355.
The birth rate continues to show a decline from the peak in 1947. The
pattern is similar to that which occurred after the first World War but
the decline appears to be rather more rapid than that which occurred
during the 1920'S.
The table setting out the causes of deaths will be found in the Appendix
Table I. The deaths are classified under the 36 headings based on the
Abbreviated List of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases,
Injuries and Causes of Death, 1948. This differs in some respects from the
classification in previous years and the figures are consequently not always
readily comparable.
Area of Borough 1,564 acres
Estimated mid-year home population 76,580