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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
General Statistics, 1926.
Area 2,282.5 acres.
Population (1926) 134,400
Population Census (1901) 112,239
,, ,, (1911) 121,521
,, ,, (1921) 130,287
Natural increase, i.e., excess of births
over deaths 653
Density of population 58.9 persons
per acre
Marriages registered 1,161
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 17,402
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 33,263
Rateable value (1926) £1,045,646
Sum represented by a penny rate, 1926 £4,160
Vital Statistics.
Births (legitimate) 2,069
,, (illegitimate) 119
Deaths (corrected)1,535
birth rate 16.3
death rate 11.4
Number of women dying in, or in consequence
of childbirth
from sepsis 3
from other causes 4
Deaths of infants under one year of
age per 1,000 births 66
Legitimate, 63 Illegitimate, 109
Deaths from measles (all ages) 24
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) 11
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 24
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, showirg
an increase during the 10 years of 9,282. The Census of 1921
shows 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.