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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Area of Borough 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20.0 acres:
1926
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 146,700
Density of population per acre 108
Census 1921:
Total number of buildings containing dwellings 17,153
(a) Dwellings occupied by non-private families 435
Population inhabiting the same 12,910
(b) Dwellings occupied by private families 38,320
(Including vacant census night, 938).
Population enumerated in occupied dwellings 131,351
Occupying 141,959 rooms, averaging 1.08 persons per room, or 0.92 room per
person.
Marriages 1,591.
Total. M. F.
Births
Legitimate 2,051 1,079 972
Illegitimate 197 102 95
Birth-rate 15.32*
Deaths 1,857 912 945
Death-rate 12.65*
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth
from sepsis 5
„ other causes 4
Maternal mortality 4.00†
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 194
Infantile Mortality 86†
Legitimate, 82†; Illegitimate, 127†
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 34
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 8
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 51
„ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 102
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.69*
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 125
Tuberculosis death-rate 0.85*
Rateable Value £1,683,842
Product of a Penny Rate £6,731
* per 1,000 persons. †per 1,000 births.