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9
VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1928.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough estimated to the middle of the
year 1928 is 103,450 for the Death-Rate and 103,900 for the
Birth-Rate.
Slight adjustments have been made in regard to the local
population figures.
In the St. Nicholas district, owing to the Watergate Street
Area Clearance Scheme, 109 families, representing 530 persons,
have been displaced. Sixty-six families migrated to other
Boroughs and 43 were re-housed in different parts of the
Borough. Also, from information received from the Housing
Department, certain alterations have been made due to the movements
of families from other districts of the Borough to the
Charlton district, in which area the Council's Housing Estate
is situate.
Just at the moment of going to press, the Registrar-General
has sent for the Guidance of Local Authorities, estimates of
population for last year. His figures are 100,200 for DeathRate
and 101,200 for Birth-Rate, and are a considerable reduction
on those furnished last year. It may be recollected that even
then I considered such figures to be too low.