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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population at the
middle of 1933 was 58,820. It will thus be seen that there was an
increase of 1,570 over the last year's estimate. Actually, there was
an excess of 21 deaths over births, a fact which was off-set by the
immigration of outside families. There is, moreover, every reason
to believe that this condition of affairs will persist for some time.
In addition, the increase in population due to enlargement of
the Borough boundaries, which will be an accomplished fact by the
time this Report appears, will add still more inhabitants to
Southgafe.
BIRTHS—BIRTH -RATE.
The nett total of births accredited to the district was 570, a
decrease of 81 on the preceding year; of these, 277 were males and
293 females (7 males and 6 females being illegitimate). The birchrate
was, therefore, 9.69 per 1,000 of the population, as against
11.37 in 1932.
The average rate for the five years 1929-1933 was 11.14.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1933 was 14.4.
The total number of births actually registered in the district
during the year amounted to 327.
It is evident from the above figures that the factors making for
decline in the birth-rate as detailed in last year's Report still
operate.
MORTALITY.
General Mortality and Death Rate.—The nett number of
deaths accredited to this district was 591, an increase of 2 as compared
with the previous year.
This gives a corrected death-rate of 9.44 per 1,000 of the
population, a decrease of 0.23 on the rate for the previous year,
which was 9.67. This rate is still appreciably below that for
England and Wales (12.3 for 1933).
The average rate for the five years 1929-1933 was 9.36.
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