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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 had increased
during the 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 1903, and the figure, calculated logarithmically from the increase
between 1891 and 1901, amounts to 52,010.
The number of occupied houses in the Borough in March, 1901,
amounted to 7,717, and the number of occupants to each house
averaged nearly 6.6. Applying this figure to the number of occupied
houses in the Borough in March, 1903, and allowing for the number
of residents in the large block of Industrial Dwellings erected in
Victoria Road, I estimate the population as 52,600. It is upon this
figure that the various rates dealt with in this Report are calculated.
The population for each of the Sab-districts is as follows:
The Northern Division of the Borough (lying North of the line
of Church Street) has a population of about 18,300, and in the
Southern Division the population is about 34,300.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over deaths
during the year amounted to 450, as against 445 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 61
people to the acre.
Births—Birth-rate.—During the year 1903 there were 1,097 births
registered in the Borough, viz.—556 males and 541 females. The
birth-rate per 1,000 per annum was therefore 20.9, as against 21.8 for
the preceding year. The rate for England and Wales wa3 28.4, that
for London generally was 28.5 and that for the 76 great towns was
29.7.