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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics, &c.
(The comparable figures for the previous year appear
in brackets.)
Area of Borough.—4,083 statute acres (inclusive of land and inland
water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore), divided into
4 Registration Sub-Districts, 4 Parliamentary Divisions, and
12 Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions and Registration SubDistricts
have been adjusted so that they and the Wards are
co-terminus.
Births (corrected)—3,219
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population corrected
18.57 (18.48).
Deaths (corrected)—2,587.
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population, 14.92
(17.56).
Maternal mortality (corrected) per 1,000 total births (live and
still), 1.82 (2.66).
Infantile mortality, 46 (52).
Marriages.
Marriage rate per 1,000 population, 12.08 (9.15).
Comparable rates for England and Wales and London :—
England and Wales. London.
Birth rate 16.1 (17.6) 15.7 (15.0)
Death rate 11.4 (11.6) 13.8 (15.7)
Infantile mortality 46 (46) 53 (61)
Puerperal causes 1.79 not available