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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
Area oi Borough 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20.0 acres:
1929
Population (Registrar-General's estimate) 142,800
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 1,684
%
Total. M. F.
Births
Legitimate 1,891 983 908
Illegitimate 238 111 127
Birth-rate 14.90*
Deaths 2,211 1,035 1,176 Death-rate 15.48*
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth from sepsis 6
other causes 3
Maternal mortality 4.22†
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 215
Infantile Mortality 101†
Legitimate, 97†; Illegitimate, 130†
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
Whooping Cough (all ages) 71
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)36
„ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 11l
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis0.78*
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 128
Tuberculosis death-rate 0.89*
Rateable Value £1,702,842
Product of a Penny Rate £6,846
* per 1,000 persons. † per 1,000 births.