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7
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Summary of Vital and Mortal Statistics, etc.
[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, 3 Parliamentary Divisions, and
12 Wards. The Parliamentary Divisions and Registration
Sub-Districts have been adjusted so that they and the Wards
are co-terminus.
Population—estimated, 1950—231,000 (229,400).
Density—56.6 (56.2) persons per statute acre (inclusive of land
and inland water, but exclusive of tidal water and foreshore.)
Births (corrected)—3,875 (4,108).
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated resident population *15.60
(17.91).
Deaths (corrected)—-2,725 (2,736).
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population, *11.91
(12.04).
Maternal mortality (corrected) per 1,000 total births (live and
still), .25 (Nil).
Infantile mortality, 28.6 (29).
Ne-natal mortality, 20.39.
Zymotic Death-rate (corrected)—0.04 (0.06) per 1,000 population
(total zymotic deaths, 10 (15) ).
Marriages.
Marriage rate per 1,000 population, 8.19 (8.75).
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1950—£2,157,123 (£2,145,021) Sum
represented by 1d. rate—£8,805 (£8,650).

* As adjusted by comparability factor.