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5
Vital Statistics.
(a) Population
In this report the rates are calculated on the estimated
population adopted by the Registrar General, i.e., 117,600. This
compares with 118,800 for the year 1952.
No epidemic resulting in high mortality occurred during the
year and the excess of births over deaths has been maintained.
The following statement has been prepared as a matter of
interest showing the number of houses and population from the
first regular census taken in 1801 to that taken in 1951, with a
view to comparing the number of occupants per house.
It will be seen that from 1801 to 1931 there was only a
slight variation in the number of persons in occupation, i.e.,
between 5.70 and 7.56 persons per house, whereas in 1951 the
census showed a considerable improvement in the housing
position, i.e., 4.58 persons in occupation per house. It is, of
course, true that the proportion of purpose built flats to houses
occupied by one or more families has increased particularly since
the war. The number of occupants in post-war flats owned by
the Borough Council is approximately 2,855.
Year
Inhabited
Houses
Uninhabited
Houses
Population
No. of
occupants
per house
Males
Females
Total
1801 871 49 2497 3103 5600 6.43
1811 978 32 3262 4131 7393 7.56
1821 1406 68 4032 4777 8809 6.26
1831 1712 173 4645 5577 10222 5.97
1841 2214 95 6262 7191 13453 6.08
1851 3115 199 7819 9941 17760 5.70
1861 4164 258 10770 13749 24519 5.89
1871 6719 874 19304 23387 42691 6.35
1881 10543 1492 32743 39173 71916 6.82
1891 14049 1026 44195 53044 97239 6.92
1901 15202 638 52719 59514 112233 7.38
1911 16121 759 58084 63437 121521 7.54
1921 º19869 402 62479 67816 130295 6.55
1931 º22307 421 64989 70534 135523 6.07
1951 º26045 184 57224 62143 119367 4.58
° Structurally separate dwellings.
(b) Marriages.
The number of marriages registered during the year was
1,226, this being a decrease of 36 as compared with the previous
year.