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Statistics and Social Conditions of the Borough.
Area (in acres) 2,265 (including 12 acres covered by water).
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1934 90,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to Rate Books—
9,739 dwelling houses, 2,924 maisonetted and divided houses,
3,245 separate flats, 2,832 shops and offices.
Rateable value £1,495,186.
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,885 14s. 4d.
Extent of Unemployment.
I am indebted to the Chief Officer of Public Assistance of the
London County Council for the following information relating to the
year 1934, which was extracted from the periodical returns received
by the County Council from the Statistical Branch of the Ministry
of Labour:—The number of men registered as unemployed varied
from 673 in June to 988 in November, and the unemployed women
from 124 in June to 305 in January. Calculated upon the number
of insured people in the Borough, the lowest number was 6.8 per
cent, in June and the highest 11.0 in January and November.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Total. M. F.
Legitimate 855 414 441
Live Births{ Illegitimate 85 47 38
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—10.4.
Stillbirths 27 9 18
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births—28.
Deaths 1014 478 536
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—113.
Death Rate Comparability Factor (C.F.) = 0.94.
Adjusted Death Rate =
Crude Death Rate X C.F. = 11.3 X 0.94 = 10.6.
Deaths from puerperal causes :—
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. (live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis 2 2
Other puerperal causes 2 2
Total 4 4