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REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1902.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough
Council.
Sir, and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the
health and sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1902.
Population.
The population of the Borough in the middle of the year 1902,
estimated in the usual way was, including the public institutions
in the Borough, 245,803. That this closely approximates to the
actual population is shown by the fact that the estimated population
based on the number of inhabited houses in 1902 multiplied
by the average number of persons per house at the Census of 1901
was 246,282. The following Table shows the population for the
Borough, estimated by both methods for the five parishes for the
year, but as the population estimated in the usual way is used in
calculating the rates for the year, that only is corrected for public
institutions.