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6
POPULATION.
According to the Census of 1901, the population
of the Borough was then 112,239. By the Census of
1911 the population for the same area was 121,521,
showing an increase during the 10 years to the extent
of 9,282.
In previous years it has been the practice of the
Registrar-General to estimate the population of the
various boroughs, &c., on the Census Returns. Owing
to the War it was impossible to adhere to this method
of estimation, and it became necessary to find a
substitute. Fortunately this was ready to hand in the
shape of the National Register, which referred to a date
only six weeks removed from that for which estimates
were required, viz.:—the middle of the year 1915.
In this Report the death rates are calculated on
the estimated civil population for the year 1915, viz.,
118,559, and the birth rate on the estimated population
for the year 1914, viz., 124,750.
The corrected number of births registered was
2,708, whilst the corrected number of deaths of residents
was 1,921, thus showing a natural increase of population
by excess of births over deaths of 787.
The area of the Borough is 2282.5 acres, there
being 51.95 persons to the acre, showing a decrease as
compared with the Census 1911 with the estimated
civil population of 1.20 per acre.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages during the year was
1,503, the marriage rate being 24.1 per 1,000 of the
population (124,750).
BIRTHS.
During last year 2,588 births, 1,324 males, 1,264
females, were registered in this Borough against 2,824
in the previous year. The number of births registered
last year was 236 below the number registered