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POPULATION.
The Census was taken on the 31st of March, 1901,
and shewed that the population of the district was 22,468,
an increase of 2,og3 since 1891. This population was
accommodated in 3,811 inhabited houses, which gives an
average of 5.89 persons per house. I estimate that the
population in the middle of the year would be 22,965, and
it is upon these figures that my statistics are based. The
area of the District is 770 acres and the density of
population 29.8 per acre.
BIRTH RATE.
The births during the year numbered 476, of which
239 were males and 237 females. This gives a birth rate
of 20.7 per 1,000.
DEATH RATE.
The number of deaths registered in the Urban District
of Penge during the twelve months was 214, and to
these have to be added 37 which occurred in Public
Institutions outside the district. The death rate for the
year worked out on these figures is 9.3 per 1,000 for
deaths registered in the district, but, with the number of
deaths in Public Institutions added, the corrected death
rate for the year is 10.9 per r,ooo. Of these deaths 56
were under 1 year of age, giving an Infantile Mortality
rate of 117.64 per 1,000 of births registered.