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VITAL STATISTICS
CENSUS 1961
(i) Population
The report of the Registrar General on the Census of population taken
in 1961 gives the following information in respect of the Borough.
The population has declined from 296,147 in 1931 to 230,240 in 1951
and 223,763 in 1961.
The decrease in the period 1951-61 is equivalent to a reduction of
0.28% per annum. The excess of births over deaths in the period is equivalent
to an increase of 0.71% per annum. This would indicate an annual
emigration from the Borough of nearly 1% per annum.
The number of persons per room in 1961 was 0.79 compared with 0.83 in
1951. The percentage of persons living at a density of more than 1 1/2
persons per room was 12.1. No comparable figure is available for 1951
as the standard then adopted for recording was two per room.
The number of persons of pensionable age recorded in tile Borough was
8,920 males and 22,434 females giving a total of 31,354 or almost 1 in 7
of the population. There were 39 persons of 95 years or over, 11 males and
28 females.
The number of persons of pensionable age living in one person households
was 7,898 (1,160 males and 6,738 females.).
The number of 2person households with one or two persons of pensionable
age was 8,673 and in 8,004 of these both members were of pensionable
age.
There were altogether 20,573 persons of pensionable age living in one
or two person households.
22,808 persons were recorded as being born outside the United Kingdom.
Of these there were 1,357 fromCyprus, 1,213 from India, 125 from Pakistan,
463 from Malta and 10,128 from the Carribean.
(II) Housing
There were 76,869 private households of which 23,582 were in shared
dwellings. The persons in these private households numbered 214,719 and
occupied 276,228 rooms.
There were 63,556 structurally separate dwellings. Of these, 17,295 were
owned by a local authority and 10,534 were owner occupied.