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7
POPULATION.
According to the Census of 1901 the population of the Borough
was then 51,247. At the previous Census of 1891 the population for
the same area was 47,988, so that the population has increased during
the past 10 years to the extent of 3,259. In this Report the
rates are based on the estimated population for the middle of the year
1902 and the figure, calculated logarithmically from the increase
between 1891 and 1901, amounts to 51,669.
The number of occupied houses in the Borough in March, 1901,
amounted to 7,717, and the number of occupants to each house
averages nearly 6.6.
The population for each of the Sub-districts is as follows :
The Northern Division of the Borough (lying North of the line
of Church Street) has a population of about 18,219, and in the Southern
Division the population is about 33,450.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over deaths
during the year amounted to 445, as against 438 in the preceding
year.
Number of People to the acre.—The area of the Borough amounts
to 863 acres, and this, divided among the parishioners, represents
59.9 people to the acre.
Births—Birth-rate.—During the year 1902 there were 1,125
births registered in the Borough. The birth-rate per 1,000 per
annum was therefore 21.8 as against 21.6 for the preceding year.
The rate for England and Wales was 28.6, that for London generally
was 28.5 and that for the 76 great towns was 30.0.
The part which the rather low birth-rate plays in favouring the
low general death-rate of the Borough is duly accounted for in arriving
at the corrected death-rate.