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STATISTICS FOR 1934.
(SECTION A.)
Population—Change of Boundaries.
The statistics of births, deaths and notifiable diseases
supplied by the Registrar-General for the calendar year are
composite figures combining the records for the first portion of
the year prior to the change of boundaries which took place as
from 1st April with those for the altered area for the remaining
portion of the year.
The Registrar-General's normal mid-1934 estimate of population
for the Borough as now constituted is 95,271, but for use
with the composite statistics, a working population figure,
modified to take account of the fact that the records do not
wholly relate to the entire year, is provided, viz., 95,306, on
which figure the vital statistics are calculated. This figure is a
decrease of 664 on the Registrar-General's estimate of last year,
viz., 96,070.
Social and Economic Statistics.
Area (acres) 2,874
Population (Census 1931) 95,524
Do., Registrar-General's estimate (mid 1934) 95,306
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934), according
to Rate Books 21,794
Rateable value (General Rate) £1,018,750
Product of a penny rate £4,068
LIVE BIRTHS—
Legitimate Males 525
,, Females 499
Illegitimate Males 16
,, Females 15
Total 1,055
Birth Rate 11.07 per 1,000 population
(Registrar-General's estimate).