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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Area of Borough 1,356-1 acres, including waterways 20'0 acres:
1927
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 142,700
Density of population per acre 105
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 108 persons per room, or 0-92 room
per person.
Marriages 1,602
Total.
M.
F.
Births
Legitimate
Illegitimate
1,981 977 1,004
235 120 115
Birth-rate 15.53*
Deaths 1,936 939 997
Dfiath-ratft 13.56*
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth
from sepsis
„ other causes
4
5
Maternal mortality 4.06†
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 176
Infantile Mortality 79†
Legitimate, 71† ; Illegitimate, 144†
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 5
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 38
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 16
„ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 96
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.67*
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 118
Tuberculosis death-rate 0.82*
Rateable Value £1,683,842
Product of a Penny Rate £6,780
*per 1,000 persons. t per 1,000 births.