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Total
M.
F.
Deaths
1909
1,091
818 Death Rate 11.8
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, | from sepsis —
childbirth |from other causes 8
Maternal Death Rate 2.5
Infantile Mortality Rate, 71.
(Legitimate, 66. Illegitimate, 253.)
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 56
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 19
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 43
VITAL STATISTICS.
AREA AND POPULATION.
The area of the Borough is 2,136 acres, and the population, estimated
to the middle of the year by the Registrar-General, is 162,000. This
estimated population is 5,000 less than the figure supplied by him for
the year 1927 and adversely affects the death rates which are calculated
upon the reduced estimate.
The population of 162,000 gives a density figure of 76 persons
per acre.
BIRTHS.
Early in the year 1929, the Registrar-General supplied the following
information relating to Births registered in the year 1928:—
Registered
Inward
Transfers.
Outward
Transfers.
Nett.
3,228
Total Births
Males
1,371
266
15
1,622
Females
1.356
270
20
1,606
Illegitimate
Males
33
11
1
43
91
Females
40
11
3
48