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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
1930.
Area of Borough 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20.0 acres:
Population:
Census, 1921 144,261
Registrar-General's estimate for year 1929 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 1,663
Total M. F.
Live Legitimate 1,923 966 957 Birth-rate 1512*
Births Illegitimate 238 120 118 Birth rate 1512
Still Births 72 41 31 Still Birth-rate 32†
Deaths 1,805 872 933 Death-rate 12.4*
Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions53.5
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth from sepsis 3
,, other causes 3
Maternal mortality 2.78†
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 169
Infantile Mortality 78†
Legitimate, 72†; Illegitimate, 126†
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 21
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 29
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 104
Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.72*
Deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis 114
Tuberculosis death-rate 0.79*
Rateable Value £1,642,701
Product of a Penny Rate £6,613
* per 1,000 persons. †per 1,000 births.