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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 this Report the rates are calculated on the estimated population up to the middle of the year 1914,
viz., 124,750.
The corrected number of births registered was
2,935, whilst the corrected number of deaths of residents
was 1,712, thus showing a natural increase of population
by excess of births over deaths of 1,223.
The area of the Borough is 2282.5 acres, there
being 54.65 persons to the acre, showing an increase as
compared with the Census 1911 of 1.50 per acre.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages during the year was
1,180, the marriage rate being 18.9 per 1,000 of the
population.
BIRTHS.
During last year 2,824 births, 1,416 males, 1,408
females, were registered in this Borough against 2,951
in the previous year. Making due allowance for the
increase of the population, the number of births registered last year was 278 below the average number
registered during the previous 10 years. Adding 125
births which occurred outside the Borough, transferred
by the Registrar-General as belonging to Hammersmith,
and deducting 14 births which occurred in this Borough
which are transferred to other districts by the RegistrarGeneral, the corrected number of births for last year
was 2,935. On the population estimated up to the
middle of the year, i.e., 124,750 inhabitants, the corrected
number of births registered was equal to an annual rate
of 23.5 births per 1,000 persons living. The birth rate
in London on the estimated population of London up
to the middle of the year, i.e., 4,518,021 inhabitants,