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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 2,093 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 23,206, and
it is upon these figures that my statistics are based. The
area of the district is 770 acres and the density of
population 30.13 per acre.
BIRTH RATE.
The births during the year numbered 483, of which
249 were males and 234 females. This gives a birth rate
of 20.8 per 1,000.
DEATH RATE.
The number of deaths registered in the Urban District
of Penge during the twelve months was 254, and to
these have to be added 57 which occurred in Public
Institutions outside the district. The death rate for the
year worked out on these figures is 10.9 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 13.4 per 1,000. Of these deaths 62
were under 1 year of age, giving an Infantile Mortality
rate of 128.36 per 1,000 of births registered.
This death rate of 13.40 compares with 10.9 for 1903,
12.5 for 1902 and 13.48 for 1901, the only three years for
which I am able to give returns.