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3 1910
REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1910
POPULATIONS, SUB-DISTRICTS, AREAS AND DENSITIES
Population —The population, as estimated by the Registrar General,
for the year 1910 was 353,356, of which 167,999 are males, and 185,357
females Thus for every 100 males there were 110 females He based this
calculation on the increase of the borough between 1891 and 1901, as shown
by the census taken in the last mentioned year How far he has been
correct it is now possible to say The Medical Officer of Health had
very little doubt in his own mind, although of course he might have
been wrong, that the population had not increased to this extent He
had arrived at this conclusion for the following reasons From 1801
to 1851 there had been a continuous rise in the percentage increase
from decennium to decennium Thus from 1801 to 1811 it was
39.7 per cent; from 1811 to 1821 40.5 percent; from 1821 to 1831
66.4 percent; from 1841 to 1851 70.7 percent So far there had been an
increase in the percentage, but thence onwards to 1901 there was a steady
diminution in it Thus from 1851 to 1861 it was 63 1 per cent; from 1861 to
1871 37.1; from 1871 to 1881 32.3 per cent; and then there was a great drop
from 1881 to 1891, when it was only 12.8 per cent, while from 1891 to 1901
there was still a further great diminution in the percentage increase, viz , from
12. 8 to 4.9 per cent Since 1901 it had been very apparent to the Medical
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