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Death-rate.
Deaths 13.3
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:
From Sepsis 1. From other causes 1.
Deaths of infants under one year of age, per 1,000 births:
Legitimate 73
Illegitimate 161
Total 76
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 16
„ Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 17
Population.
The population for 1929 as estimated by the Registrar-General was
111,000. The main increment in life is from the excess of births over
deaths, immigration having little and emigration only a moderate effect
locally. After deducting from the total area of the Borough the space
which is non-effective for the purpose of calculating the density of the
population, such is found to be equivalent to 89 persons per acre. No
attempt has been made to allocate the population according to wards,
for an attempt to do so is founded upon an essentially uncertain premise
inasmuch as, not only is the total population an "estimated" one, but
there is no knowledge available as to the extent to which a movement
of the population between wards takes place.
Marriages.
During the year 921 marriages took place, equivalent to a rate of
8-3 persons marrying per 1,000 of the population. By courtesy of the
Superintendent Registrar the following gives details as to the places in
which these marriages were conducted:
Church of England 620
Other places of worship 69
In the Superintendent Registrar's Office 232