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Summary of Statistics, 1928.
1. General.
Area of Borough—
(Including land and inland water) acres 2,163
(Excluding water) acres 2,139.9
Population—
(Census, 1921) 167,739
(Registrar-General's estimate, mid-year
1928) 164,100
Number of Private Families (Census 1921) 42,988
Structurally separate occupied dwellings
(Census, 1921) 27,191
Rateable value £1,144,028
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,709
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
(Males, 1,386 ; females, 1,357) 2,743
Legitimate births (1,321 males, 1,299 females) 2,620
Illegitimate „ (65 males, 58 females) 123
Birth-rate 16.7
Deaths—
(Males, 980, females, 974) 1,954
Death-rate 11.9
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth—
From sepsis 3
Other causes 4
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate 63.7
Illegitimate 73.2
64.2
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 36
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) 14
,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 26
Census, 1911—
Population 167,743
Number of inhabited houses 24,321