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POPULATION.
The 1921 census figure for the population of the Borough was
52,167, that for the census of 1931 was 51,215.
The Registrar-General's estimate of population for the middle
of 1932 was 51,680, and that for 1933 is given as 51,120. This
latter figure has been used in this report in calculating the birth
and death rates.
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered in the Borough was 362,
and of these 72 were transferred to other districts, as the permanent
addresses of the parents were outside this Borough. Similarly
356 births occurring outside the Borough, in maternity hospitals,
etc., were transferred to Stoke Newington, making a total of 646
belonging to this Borough. Of these 333 were males and 313 were
females. This figure gives a birth rate of 12. per 1,000 of the
estimated population, as compared with 15. for the year 1932.
The following table shows the birth rates in Stoke Newington,
London, and England and Wales, for the last ten years:—