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1 [1917
REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1917.
Population.—The population of the Borough in the year 1917 has been
divided into two categories by the Registrar-General—the estimated civil
population, upon which is calculated the death rate of the persons dying in
the Borough, and the estimated total population for the calculation of the
birth rate. This includes, and that excludes, the military population.
Total population (inclusive of military) 331,185
Civil „ (exclusive of military) 297,102
MARRIAGES.
Marriages.—The number of persons married was 5,378, which is 782
less than the number married in the preceding year. The marriage rate,
which was 16.23 per 1,000 inhabitants, was the lowest rate hitherto recorded
in the Borough.
BIRTHS.
The births registered during 1917 numbered 5,837, as contrasted with
8,359 in the year before the war and with 8,177 in 1914, the year in which the
war broke out. The birth rate represents 17.62 per 1,000 of the population,
and is only 214 per 1,000 higher than the death rate. The birth rate in 1913
was 25T9, in 1914 it was 25.12 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Illegitimate Births.—297 illegitimate births were registered, and were
equal to 5.09 per cent, of the total registered births. This number was
8 more than in the previous year, and were I'll per cent, of the registered
births more than in 1916.