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I.—VITAL STATISTICS.
GENERAL.
The area of the Borough (exclusive of area covered by water)
is 1,336 acres.
At the 1921 Census there were 18,266 structually separate
dwellings in the Borough, which were inhabited by 28,610 families
or separate occupiers. The number of inhabited houses at the
end of 1930 according to the rate books was 18,596.
The rateable value of the Borough on the 31st December,
1930, was £769,898, the product of a penny rate being £3,080.
POPULATION.
The Registrar General, in computing his estimate of the
population for the mid-year 1930 intends to take into account
the population as ascertained by the 1931 Census ; the 1930
estimate will therefore not be available before the end of Tune
1931.
The Ministry of Health has suggested that the preparation
of the Annual Report should not be delayed on this account,
but that the Registrar General's mid-year 1929 estimate of the
population might be used. This suggestion has been adopted,
and the population figure of 113,800 has been used in calculating
Birth, Death and other rates for 1930.
Census
Estimate of
Registrar General
1921
to 30th June, 1929
to 30th June, 1930
1911
125,903
119,452
113,800
BIRTHS.
The total number of births belonging to the Borough
registered during 1930 was 2,059, consisting of 1,075 males and
984 females. The number for 1929 was 2,252.
The birth rate for 1930 was 18.1 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 19.8 for 1929.