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Summary of Statistics 1929.
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
1929) 161,800
Number of Private Families (Census 1921) 42,988
Structurally separate occupied dwellings
(Census, 1921) 27,191
Rateable value (average 1929) £1,129,703
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,646
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Births—
(Males, 1,316 ; females, 1,303) 2,619
Legitimate births (1,271 males, 1,257 females) 2,528
Illegitimate „ (45 males, 46 females) 91
Birth-rate 16.2
Deaths—
(Males, 1,154, females, 1,140) 2,294
Death-rate 14.2
Number of women dying in or in consequence of
childbirth—
From sepsis 2
Other causes 3
Death-rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
Legitimate 61.3
Illegitimate 98.9
62.6
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 5
„ Whooping-cough (all ages) 43
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 22
3. Census, 1911—
Population 167,743
Number of inhabited houses 24,321