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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, ETC.
For the Year 1922.
Population of Registration area at
Census (1901) 112,239
(1911) 121,521
(1921) 130,287
Estimated Population (1922) 134,400
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births
over deaths 1,025
Area of Borough 2,282.5 acres
Marriages registered 1,213
Births registered (corrected) 2,758
Birth-rate 20.5
Deaths registered (corrected) 1,733
Death-rate 12.9
Infantile mortality 196 deaths under
one year, or 71
per 1,000 births.
Density of population 58.9 persons per
acre overtotalarea.
NATURAL, & SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
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, shewing an
increase during the 10 years of 9,282. The Census of 1921
shews the population of the Borough to be 130,287, being an
increase in the 10 years of 8,766.
In this report the rates are calculated on the estimated
population up to the middle of the year.
At the time of the last Census part of the Defence Force,
which was mobilised as an emergency ,was in camp on Wormwood
Scrubs.
The estimated population adopted by the Registrar General
is 134,400.