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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 1904, and the figure, calculated logarithmically from the increase
between 1891 and 1901, amounts to 52,353. I believe this to be a
slight over-estimation of the population, having regard to the fact that
the number of occupied houses in the Borough in March, 1904,
amounted to only 7,456, and the number of occupants to each house
averaged only 6.6 at the last Census. It is, however, upon the above
figure, obtained by the official method, that the various rates dealt
with in this Report are calculated, since, when allowance is made for
the number of residents in the large block of Industrial Dwellings
in Victoria Road, occupied since the last Census enumeration, the
estimate must be a very close one.
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 18,250, and in the
Southern Division the population is about 34,103.
The natural increase of population by excess of births over deaths
during the year amounted to 457, as against 450 in the preceding
year.
Number of people to the acre.—The area of the Borough amounts to
863 acres, and this, divided among the residents, represents 60.6
people to the acre.
Births—Birthrate.—During the year 1904 there were 1,142 births
registered in the Borough, viz.—583 males and 559 females.
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